say it: in-DUH-stree-uh-lahyz
industrialize is a verb meaning "organize (the production of something) into an industry". It carries 2 recorded senses.
organize (the production of something) into an industry
“The Chinese industrialized textile production”
develop industry; become industrial
“The nations of South East Asia will quickly industrialize and catch up with the West”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for industrialize come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.