the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product

the automobile industry; the steel industry.

any general business activity; commercial enterprise

the Italian tourist industry.

trade or manufacture in general

the rise of industry in Africa.

the ownership and management of companies, factories, etc.

friction between labor and industry.

systematic work or labor.

energetic, devoted activity at any work or task; diligence

Her teacher praised her industry.

the aggregate of work, scholarship, and ancillary activity in a particular field, often named after its principal subject

the Mozart industry.

Archaeology . an assemblage of artifacts regarded as unmistakably the work of a single prehistoric group.

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idleness , indolence , laziness , lethargy , unemployment , worthlessness

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big business , business , commerce , commercial enterprise , corporation , management , manufactory , megacorp , mob , monopoly , multinational , outfit * , production , trade , trafficnotes:the industry is the movie business and the business is the television industry , activity , application , assiduity , attention , care , determination , diligence , dynamism , effort , energy , enterprise , intentness , inventiveness , labor , pains , patience , perseverance , persistence , tirelessness , toil , vigor , zealnotes:the industry is the movie business and the business is the television industry , trading , traffic , assiduousness , industriousness , sedulousness , bustle , efforts , exertion , field , ingenuity , manufacturing , occupation , pursuit , work , zeal