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say it: IN-duh-stree
industry is a noun meaning "the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise". It carries 3 recorded senses.
the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise
“each industry has its own trade publications”
industry
the organized action of making of goods and services for sale
“American industry is making increased use of computers to control production”
persevering determination to perform a task
“his diligence won him quick promotions”
“frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues”
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 industry 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.