industrialize

verb

in·​dus·​tri·​al·​ize in-ˈdə-strē-ə-ˌlīz How to pronounce industrialize (audio)
industrialized; industrializing

transitive verb

: to make industrial
industrialize an agricultural region

intransitive verb

: to become industrial

Examples of industrialize in a Sentence

The government hopes to industrialize some of the agricultural regions.
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But as ports industrialized, seagrass was dismissed as a visual blight. — Richard Morgan, Time, 29 June 2026 Claims that solar farms lower property values, damage watersheds and industrialize valuable farmland are based on hyperbole rather than facts. — Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2026 Data from Recorded Future shows exactly how industrialized these operations have become across the global market. — Ethan Stone, USA Today, 11 May 2026 Starbucks eventually industrialized this insight, scaling the third place into a global infrastructure for temporary belonging. — Peter Su, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for industrialize

Word History

First Known Use

1845, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

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The first known use of industrialize was in 1845

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industrialize

verb
in·​dus·​tri·​al·​ize in-ˈdəs-trē-ə-ˌlīz How to pronounce industrialize (audio)
industrialized; industrializing
: to make or become industrial
industrialize an agricultural region
industrialization
-ˌdəs-trē-ə-lə-ˈzā-shən How to pronounce industrialize (audio)
noun

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