industries Definition

industry
noun industries

1. The business of producing goods; all branches of manufacturing and trade. See also heavy industry, light industry.
2. A branch of manufacturing and trade which produces a particular product.

Example: the coal industry
Thesaurus: organization, business, trade, monopoly.
3. Organized commercial exploitation or use of natural or national assets, such as historical buildings, famous people, etc.

Example: the tourist industry
4. Hard work or effort; diligence.

Thesaurus: diligence, enterprise, zeal, attention, application, assiduity, persistence, intentness; Antonym: laziness, lethargy, idleness.

Etymology: 15c: from Latin industria diligence.