infrastructure
Americannoun
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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.
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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
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the military installations of a country.
We could do much with just a fraction of the billions spent to maintain our robust overseas infrastructure.
noun
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the basic structure of an organization, system, etc
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the stock of fixed capital equipment in a country, including factories, roads, schools, etc, considered as a determinant of economic growth
Other Word Forms
- infrastructural adjective
Etymology
Origin of infrastructure
Example Sentences
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"Alpine infrastructure is increasingly at risk; and as the glaciers disappear, the landscape is undergoing profound changes," the report said.
From BBC
If global oil disruptions stretch for months because of shipping logjams and damaged infrastructure, they will weigh on a domestic economy that is already under strain.
Attacks on Gulf infrastructure and the blockade of the strategic Strait of Hormuz has propelled the price of Brent North Sea crude, the global benchmark, by more than one third to around $100 per barrel.
From Barron's
Prices have also been affected by attacks on energy infrastructure in Gulf countries.
From BBC
The fund makes some 150 billion euros available in the form of preferential loans to finance joint projects in defence, the purchase of weapons or ammunition, and the development of critical infrastructure.
From Barron's
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