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infrastructure

[ in-fruh-struhk-cher ]

noun

  1. 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.

  2. 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

  3. 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

  1. the basic structure of an organization, system, etc
  2. the stock of fixed capital equipment in a country, including factories, roads, schools, etc, considered as a determinant of economic growth
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of infrastructure1

First recorded in 1925–30; infra + structure
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Example Sentences

Perigee founder Mollie Breen used to work for NSA where she built a security solution to help protect the agency’s critical infrastructure.

The 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.

Industry has brought paved roads, better schools, and modern information infrastructure.

Even as it competes with the likes of Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, the company is still dependent on infrastructure from, yes, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft.

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There’s a lot of complexity in the infrastructure and integration of these enterprise systems.

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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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