industry

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

noun

1. the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise (Freq. 56)
- each industry has its own trade publications
• Derivationally related forms:
industrialist
• Topics:
manufacture
• Hypernyms:
commercial enterprise
• Hyponyms:
aluminum business, aluminum industry, apparel industry, garment industry, fashion industry,
fashion business, rag trade, banking industry, banking system, automobile industry, aviation,
chemical industry, coal industry, computer industry, construction industry, housing industry, electronics industry,
entertainment industry, show business, show biz, film industry, movie industry, growth industry,
lighting industry, munitions industry, arms industry, oil industry, refining industry, oil business,
plastics industry, market, securities industry, service industry, shipbuilding industry, shoe industry,
shoe industry, steel industry, sunrise industry, tobacco industry, toy industry,
toy business, trucking industry
2. the organized action of making of goods and services for sale (Freq. 15)
- American industry is making increased use of computers to control production
• Syn:
manufacture
• Derivationally related forms:
manufacture (for: manufacture)
• Members of this Topic:
point system, privatize, privatise, rat
• Hypernyms:
commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
• Hyponyms:
cottage industry, production, industrialization, industrialisation, industrial enterprise
3. persevering determination to perform a task
- his diligence won him quick promotions
- frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues
• Syn:
diligence, industriousness
• Derivationally related forms:
industrious, diligent, industrious (for: industriousness), diligent (for: diligence)
• Hypernyms:
determination, purpose
• Hyponyms:
assiduity, assiduousness, concentration, sedulity, sedulousness, studiousness

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  diligence, industriousness, manufacture