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industrialised

industrialised adjective: having undergone industrialisation. Also the simple past and past participle of industrialise.

Adjective

industrialised (comparative more industrialised, superlative most industrialised)

  1. (UK) having undergone industrialisation.
    • The completely-industrialised outskirts of Newcastle gradually give place to rural surroundings, and the Tyne becomes a moorland river with a boulder-strewn bed.1955 September, H. A. Vallance, “The Border Counties Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 593

Also used as

industrialised is also the simple past and past participle of industrialise.

Forms of industrialised

comparativemore industrialised
superlativemost industrialised
alternative formindustrialized

Origin of industrialised

From industrialise + -ed.

Words formed from industrialised

Questions about industrialised

What does industrialised mean?
Industrialised means having undergone industrialisation.
What part of speech is industrialised?
Industrialised is an adjective.

Words near industrialised in the dictionary

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

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