Meaning & use
interindustry
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Meaning
adjectivebefore a nountechnicalspecialist
Relating to or occurring between different industries.
Grammar: Used before a noun: 'interindustry trade', not 'trade interindustry'.
Patterns
- interindustry trade
- interindustry analysis
- interindustry transactions
The study examined interindustry trade patterns between manufacturing and services.
Interindustry analysis helps economists understand how sectors depend on each other.
Government policies can affect interindustry competition.
Common combinations
- interindustry trade
- Interindustry trade between the two countries has grown rapidly.
- interindustry analysis
- The report used interindustry analysis to map supply chains.
- interindustry transactions
- Interindustry transactions are recorded in input-output tables.
- interindustry competition
- Interindustry competition can drive innovation across sectors.
Synonyms and how they differ
- cross-industry
- More common in everyday business English and often used for collaboration or comparisons, while interindustry is more formal and technical.
- intersectoral
- Similar meaning but broader, covering sectors beyond industry, such as public and private sectors.
Word family
- industry noun
- A branch of economic activity, such as manufacturing or agriculture.
- industrial adjective
- Relating to industry.
Commonly confused: interindustry or intraindustry?
interindustry vs intraindustry
Intraindustry means within the same industry, while interindustry means between different industries. The prefixes intra- and inter- are opposites.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'interindustry' correctly?
Choose one answer.
'Interindustry' is an adjective meaning between industries, so it correctly modifies 'trade' in option A. Option B is wrong because 'within its own sector' calls for 'intraindustry'. Option C uses it as a noun, and option D treats it as a countable noun, both incorrect.
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