industry
[ɪndəstrɪ]

noun

[Definition]: general economic activity such as manufacturing, constructing etc, usually involves machine

[Example Sentences]:
1. The former market town was hit by the collapse of the construction industry in 2008.
2. Without this uncertainty, Gartner says IT industry could have a much better 2017.
3. The average age of entry for the sex industry is 13.
4. Its industry standard server business was a bright spot, growing 11%.
5. Gorilla Glass has been used by the consumer electronics industry in 2007.
6. Both scores were above the industry benchmark of 19.
7. Hearst has been operating in the health care information industry since 1980.
8. Another big impact on the initial jobs target is the way the infocomm industry changed since 2005.
9. The legendary industry that gave rise to Silicon Valley got hammered flat in 2012.
10. It's been challenging for an industry in which most sales professionals are in their 50s.
11. The tech industry hopes Obama agrees.3.
12. We were a relative newcomer to the New Zealand ICT industry, arriving in 2005.
13. The 14 percent advance was the biggest annual gain since the industry began in Pennsylvania in 1859.
14. The DDR4 is also expected to be the main standard in the industry from 2016.


[Antonyms]idleness, inattention, neglect

[Synonyms]diligence, labor, application