industrialize
verb/ɪnˈdʌstriəlaɪz/
/ɪnˈdʌstriəlaɪz/
(British English also industrialise)
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they industrialize | /ɪnˈdʌstriəlaɪz/ /ɪnˈdʌstriəlaɪz/ |
| he / she / it industrializes | /ɪnˈdʌstriəlaɪzɪz/ /ɪnˈdʌstriəlaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple industrialized | /ɪnˈdʌstriəlaɪzd/ /ɪnˈdʌstriəlaɪzd/ |
| past participle industrialized | /ɪnˈdʌstriəlaɪzd/ /ɪnˈdʌstriəlaɪzd/ |
| -ing form industrializing | /ɪnˈdʌstriəlaɪzɪŋ/ /ɪnˈdʌstriəlaɪzɪŋ/ |
- industrialize (something) if a country or an area is industrialized or if it industrializes, industries are developed there
- The southern part of the country was slow to industrialize.
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