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{
"term": "industrial",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "connected with industry",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "an **industrial dispute**"
},
{
"text": "industrial unrest"
},
{
"text": "an industrial accident"
},
{
"text": "**Industrial production** fell in December by 1.4 per cent."
},
{
"text": "policy with regard to future **industrial development**"
},
{
"text": "India has a large **industrial sector**."
},
{
"text": "a huge industrial complex"
},
{
"text": "the country's industrial base"
}
],
"topics": ["Business", "Jobs"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "used by industries",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "industrial chemicals"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "having many industries",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "an industrial city/town"
},
{
"text": "an industrial society"
},
{
"text": "the world’s leading industrial nations"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "very great in extent or amount",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They had made industrial quantities of food."
},
{
"text": "They were guilty of fraud **on an industrial scale**."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈdʌstriəl/",
"audio": "in/industrial/industrial__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈdʌstriəl/",
"audio": "in/industrial/industrial__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 15th cent.: from industry + -al; in later use influenced by French industriel."
}