framework
Americannoun
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a basic structure, plan, or system, as of concepts, values, customs, or rules: The empire foundered, leaving its people in anarchy and lawlessness, as the framework of their society and culture collapsed around them.
The bill, if passed, will provide a legal framework for privacy and data protection.
The empire foundered, leaving its people in anarchy and lawlessness, as the framework of their society and culture collapsed around them.
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a skeletal structure designed to support or enclose something.
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a frame or structure composed of parts fitted and joined together.
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the construction of frames.
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work done in, on, or with a frame.
noun
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a structural plan or basis of a project
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a structure or frame supporting or containing something
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frames collectively
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work such as embroidery or weaving done in or on a frame
Other Word Forms
- underframework noun
Etymology
Origin of framework
Example Sentences
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Spiders rely on this material to build the structural framework of their webs and to suspend themselves, and scientists have long been fascinated by how nature produces such an exceptional fiber.
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In addition to reconstructing the spread of the last two pandemics, the researchers developed a flexible framework that can be used to study the early stages of other outbreaks.
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This bill would create a clear regulatory framework for the burgeoning industry.
To investigate the problem, the team adapted a climate modeling framework known as Proxy System Modeling.
From Science Daily
Those entities, later used for the merger, carried the name K2, an apparent homage to the Kardashev scale—a theoretical framework that illustrates a civilization’s advancement through energy usage, including from stars.
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