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industrialise

US/ɪnˈdʌstɹɪəlaɪz/

industrialise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of industrialize.

Meaning of industrialize

Verb

industrialize (third-person singular simple present industrializes, present participle industrializing, simple past and past participle industrialized)

  1. (British, English, Oxford, US) To develop industry; to become industrial.
  2. (British, English, Oxford, US) To organize along industrial lines.

Forms of industrialise

third-person singular presentindustrialises
present participleindustrialising
past participleindustrialised
pastindustrialised

Origin of industrialise

From industrial + -ise.

Words formed from industrialise

Questions about industrialise

What is industrialise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Industrialise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of industrialize.
How do you pronounce industrialise?
Industrialise is pronounced /ɪnˈdʌstɹɪəlaɪz/ (US).

Words near industrialise in the dictionary

  1. industrial-organizational psychology
  2. industrial-strength
  3. industrialisable
  4. industrialisation
  5. industrialisations
  6. industrialise
  7. industrialised
  8. industrialiser
  9. industrialisers
  10. industrialises
  11. industrialising

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: industrialise (page history and authors); industrialize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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