infrastructure
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.
the military installations of a country:We could do much with just a fraction of the billions spent to maintain our robust overseas infrastructure.
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- in·fra·struc·tur·al, adjective
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How to use infrastructure in a sentence
Perigee founder Mollie Breen used to work for NSA where she built a security solution to help protect the agency’s critical infrastructure.
Perigee infrastructure security solution from former NSA employee moves into public beta | Ron Miller | September 17, 2020 | TechCrunchThe program, enacted by Congress in 2014, is intended to help accelerate water infrastructure upgrades at low interest rates, which tend to be expensive and not necessarily lucrative for a city.
North County Report: Schools Are Reopening for Students Most in Need | Kayla Jimenez | September 16, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoIndustry has brought paved roads, better schools, and modern information infrastructure.
The Environmental Headache in Your Shampoo - Issue 90: Something Green | Anastasia Bendebury & Michael Shilo DeLay | September 16, 2020 | NautilusEven as it competes with the likes of Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, the company is still dependent on infrastructure from, yes, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft.
There’s a lot of complexity in the infrastructure and integration of these enterprise systems.
Are you ready to start traveling for work again? TripActions’ CEO is banking on it | Michal Lev-Ram, writer | September 15, 2020 | Fortune
Instead, the Republicans should tie their push for infrastructure to getting folks off the couch and back to work.
Bush, Christie, Romney: Who’ll Be the GOP Class Warrior? | Lloyd Green | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNext, the GOP should hammer away at how our roads, bridges, and tunnels are crumbling, and push for an infrastructure initiative.
Bush, Christie, Romney: Who’ll Be the GOP Class Warrior? | Lloyd Green | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor 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.
Ben Carson’s Bizarrely Serious, Seriously Bizarre Campaign Crew | Olivia Nuzzi | November 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe 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.
The BYU Solar Cooker/Cooler | Steven E. JonesThis technology infrastructure is dimensions larger in number and scope than the aggregate of anywhere else in the world.
Shock and Awe | Harlan K. UllmanTo secure our border, we're doubling the size of the Border Patrol, and funding new infrastructure and technology.
State of the Union Addresses of George W. Bush | George W. BushTo advance this concept, technology and its infrastructure and application are vital.
Shock and Awe | Harlan K. UllmanTrue, this calls for massive initial investments in physical infrastructure.
After the Rain | Sam Vaknin
British Dictionary definitions for 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
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