Infrastructure

//ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹʌkt͡ʃə// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An underlying base or foundation for a building, organization, or system. countable, uncountable

    "Near-synonyms: understructure, underpinnings, underbuilding, underframework"

  2. 2
    the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area wordnet
  3. 3
    The facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society. countable, uncountable

    "Meronyms: (literally, large objects and portions thereof) structures, substructures, understructures, superstructures"

  4. 4
    the basic structure or features of a system or organization wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
administrationamenitybackingbasebasisbearing

Example

More examples

"Forming an information infrastructure, the real impact of the information highway is an expectation of new economic development due to a shift from a tangible hardware-industry to brain-oriented software-industry."

Etymology

Borrowed from French infrastructure, equivalent to infra- + structure.

Related phrases

e-infrastructurenon-infrastructure

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