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infrastructure

[ in-fruh-struhk-cher ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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 /

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

First recorded in 1925–30; infra + structure

Instead, the Republicans should tie their push for infrastructure to getting folks off the couch and back to work.

Next, the GOP should hammer away at how our roads, bridges, and tunnels are crumbling, and push for an infrastructure initiative.

For aesthetic reasons, ski resort operators try to limit the noise and infrastructure associated with producing power.

The details of his emerging campaign infrastructure are as atypical as the man himself.

The NSA had already built the infrastructure to tap into communications networks.

And they may accomplish this without the expensive infrastructure of electrical power grids that we take for granted in America.

This technology infrastructure is dimensions larger in number and scope than the aggregate of anywhere else in the world.

To secure our border, we're doubling the size of the Border Patrol, and funding new infrastructure and technology.

To advance this concept, technology and its infrastructure and application are vital.

True, this calls for massive initial investments in physical infrastructure.

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