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{
"term": "industry",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the production of goods from raw materials, especially in factories",
"sensetop": "in industry",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "the needs of British industry"
},
{
"text": "the Department of Trade and Industry"
},
{
"text": "She got a job in industry.",
"contextForm": "in industry"
},
{
"text": "The banks lend money to commerce and industry."
},
{
"text": "government measures to stimulate new industry"
},
{
"text": "trade barriers erected to protect domestic industry"
}
],
"topics": ["Business"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["booming", "growing", "thriving"],
"verb + industry": ["benefit", "develop", "encourage"],
"industry + verb": ["boom", "develop", "expand"],
"industry + noun": ["executive", "leader", "expert"],
"preposition": ["in industry", "within industry"],
"phrases": [
"a captain of industry",
"commerce and industry",
"regulation of (an) industry"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the people and activities involved in producing a particular thing, or in providing a particular service",
"sensetop": "in an industrywithin an industry",
"labels": "(figurative)",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "the steel/oil/auto industry"
},
{
"text": "the music/film/tourism industry"
},
{
"text": "We need to develop local industries."
},
{
"text": "She later worked in the banking industry.",
"contextForm": "in an industry"
},
{
"text": "The whole issue has raised concern within the food industry.",
"contextForm": "within an industry"
},
{
"text": "At a wider level, the **industry as a whole** needs restructuring."
},
{
"text": "**industry insiders/analysts/experts**"
},
{
"text": "the Kardashian industry *(= the large number of people involved in making the Kardashian family successful)*"
},
{
"text": "In the computer industry, change comes about very rapidly."
},
{
"text": "The music industry is changing rapidly."
},
{
"text": "More than 140 000 people are directly involved in the industry."
},
{
"text": "Running down the nuclear industry will result in heavy job losses."
},
{
"text": "The government decided to encourage industries based on biotechnology."
},
{
"text": "The state's timber industry is heavily subsidized."
},
{
"text": "When the oil ran out, other industries associated with it closed down."
},
{
"text": "Thousands of jobs were lost in the steel industry."
}
],
"topics": ["Working life"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["booming", "growing", "thriving"],
"verb + industry": ["benefit", "develop", "encourage"],
"industry + verb": ["boom", "develop", "expand"],
"industry + noun": ["executive", "leader", "expert"],
"preposition": ["in industry", "within industry"],
"phrases": [
"a captain of industry",
"commerce and industry",
"regulation of (an) industry"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the quality of working hard",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We were impressed by their industry."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɪndəstri/",
"audio": "in/industry/industry__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɪndəstri/",
"audio": "in/industry/industry__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in sense (3)): from French industrie or Latin industria ‘diligence’."
}