Basic Details
Word: Industry
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: The work of making goods, especially in factories; one particular kind of business, such as the film industry; also hard, steady work.
Synonyms: manufacturing, business, trade, diligence
Antonyms: idleness, laziness
How to Spell Industry
Syllables: in - dus - try
Tricky part: The middle vowel is u, not e or a, so indestry and indastry are wrong. The word ends in try.
Watch out for: indestry, indastry, industery
Memory tip: Hear the dust in the middle: in-DUS-try. Factories are full of dust, and the u of dust stays in industry.
Usage Examples
Example 1: The cotton industry grew around Mumbai in the 1800s.
Example 2: My uncle works in the tourism industry in Goa.
Example 3: Her industry was rewarded with the top marks in the class.
Fun Fact
India certifies well over a thousand feature films a year in more than twenty languages, which makes its film industry one of the largest in the world by number of films.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the word closest in meaning to industry as used in the sentence:
The ants showed great industry, carrying crumbs back to their nest all afternoon.
a) laziness
b) diligence
c) business
d) factory
Show answer
b) diligence. Here industry means hard, steady work, which is diligence; factory and business belong to the other meaning.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the word in the sentence and choose it:
The textile sydinrut gives jobs to lakhs of workers in Tamil Nadu.
a) industry
b) density
c) instruct
d) dynasty
Show answer
a) industry. The y and the u together point to industry; instruct has a c and no y.
Spell-o-Spell
Only one word in the list is spelt correctly. Choose the meaning of that word.
1. tourizm 2. comerce 3. industry 4. agricultre
a) the buying and selling of goods
b) the making of goods, especially in factories
c) farming: growing crops and raising animals
d) the business of looking after people on holiday
Show answer
b) the making of goods, especially in factories. Industry is correct; agriculture ends in ure, commerce has two m's and tourism ends in ism.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which word formed from industry means hard-working?
a) indignant
b) indulgent
c) industrious
d) industrial
Show answer
c) industrious
2. The dairy industry includes ____.
a) steel mills
b) milk-processing plants
c) car showrooms
d) cotton farms
Show answer
b) milk-processing plants
