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

Some historians say that this new conflict started in 1947 with the Clay-Robertson agreement, in which British and U.S. authorities decided to industrialize western Germany, provoking Stalin’s paranoia. —Antony Beevor, Foreign Affairs, 7 May 2025

If poor countries industrialize, the entire world will benefit. —Zainab Usman, Foreign Affairs, 5 May 2025

In the rush to industrialize, companies built tracks everywhere, often with no regard for actual demand. —Craig S. Smith, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025

Those dollars have saved people and helped industrialize nations the world over. —Megha Satyanarayana, Scientific American, 25 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1845, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Rhymes for industrialize

• contextualize
• materialise
• materialize
• memorialize
• microenterprise
• overemphasize
• particularize
• revolutionise
• revolutionize
• actualize
• antagonize
• apologise

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