{
    "term": "industry",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the production of goods from raw materials, especially in factories",
            "sensetop": "in industry",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the needs of British industry"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the Department of Trade and Industry"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She got a job in industry.",
                    "contextForm": "in industry"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The banks lend money to commerce and industry."
                },
                {
                    "text": "government measures to stimulate new industry"
                },
                {
                    "text": "trade barriers erected to protect domestic industry"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Business"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["booming", "growing", "thriving"],
                "verb + industry": ["benefit", "develop", "encourage"],
                "industry + verb": ["boom", "develop", "expand"],
                "industry + noun": ["executive", "leader", "expert"],
                "preposition": ["in industry", "within industry"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a captain of industry",
                    "commerce and industry",
                    "regulation of (an) industry"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the people and activities involved in producing a particular thing, or in providing a particular service",
            "sensetop": "in an industrywithin an industry",
            "labels": "(figurative)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the steel/oil/auto industry"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the music/film/tourism industry"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need to develop local industries."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She later worked in the banking industry.",
                    "contextForm": "in an industry"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The whole issue has raised concern within the food industry.",
                    "contextForm": "within an industry"
                },
                {
                    "text": "At a wider level, the **industry as a whole** needs restructuring."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**industry insiders/analysts/experts**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the Kardashian industry *(= the large number of people involved in making the Kardashian family successful)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In the computer industry, change comes about very rapidly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The music industry is changing rapidly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "More than 140 000 people are directly involved in the industry."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Running down the nuclear industry will result in heavy job losses."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government decided to encourage industries based on biotechnology."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The state's timber industry is heavily subsidized."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When the oil ran out, other industries associated with it closed down."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Thousands of jobs were lost in the steel industry."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Working life"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["booming", "growing", "thriving"],
                "verb + industry": ["benefit", "develop", "encourage"],
                "industry + verb": ["boom", "develop", "expand"],
                "industry + noun": ["executive", "leader", "expert"],
                "preposition": ["in industry", "within industry"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a captain of industry",
                    "commerce and industry",
                    "regulation of (an) industry"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the quality of working hard",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We were impressed by their industry."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪndəstri/",
                "audio": "in/industry/industry__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪndəstri/",
                "audio": "in/industry/industry__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in sense (3)): from French industrie or Latin industria ‘diligence’."
}