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infrastructure
[ in-fruh-struhk-cher ]
noun
- the fundamental facilities and systems serving a country, city, or area, as transportation and communication systems, power plants, and schools:
Investments in infrastructure helped the U.S. economy recover from the Great Depression.
- the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization:
Over the years, as the incidence of cancer increased, the infrastructure of the hospital was developed to accommodate the new cases.
Synonyms: support, foundation, basis
- the military installations of a country:
We could do much with just a fraction of the billions spent to maintain our robust overseas infrastructure.
infrastructure
/ ˈɪnfrəˌstrʌktʃə /
noun
- the basic structure of an organization, system, etc
- the stock of fixed capital equipment in a country, including factories, roads, schools, etc, considered as a determinant of economic growth
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- in·fra·struc·tur·al adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of infrastructure1
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