industrialize

verb

in·​dus·​tri·​al·​ize in-ˈdə-strē-ə-ˌlīz 

industrialized; industrializing

transitive verb

: to make industrial

industrialize an agricultural region

intransitive verb

: to become industrial

Examples of industrialize in a Sentence

The government hopes to industrialize some of the agricultural regions.

Recent Examples on the Web

Despite growing tourism and a strong farming economy, Calabria symbolizes southern Italy's lack of development compared to the more wealthy and industrialized north. — ABC News, 9 July 2026

One Calabria hospital had lines several hours long Despite growing tourism and a strong farming economy, Calabria symbolizes southern Italy’s lack of development compared to the more wealthy and industrialized north. — Paolo Santalucia, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

But as ports industrialized, seagrass was dismissed as a visual blight. — Richard Morgan, Time, 29 June 2026

Building a factory around battery reuse The Moment Energy’s Megfactory 1 aims to industrialize a process that has largely remained limited to smaller projects. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 28 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1845, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Rhymes for industrialize

• actualize
• antagonize
• apologise
• apologize
• capitalize
• categorize
• characterize
• commercialize
• conceptualize
• contrariwise
• criminalize
• decentralize

Kids Definition

industrialize

verb

in·​dus·​tri·​al·​ize in-ˈdəs-trē-ə-ˌlīz 

industrialized; industrializing

: to make or become industrial

industrialize an agricultural region

industrialization

-ˌdəs-trē-ə-lə-ˈzā-shən 

noun