infrastructure
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French infrastructure, equivalent to infra- + structure.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹʌk(t)ʃɚ/
Audio (UK) (file)
Noun[edit]
infrastructure (countable and uncountable, plural infrastructures)
- (systems theory) An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system. [from 1887]
- Synonym: underbuilding
- Hyponym: Common Language Infrastructure
- The parasitic tyranny's infrastructure depends on secrecy in order to be effective.
- The basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society.
- 2015, Tim Carvell; Josh Gondelman; Dan Gurewitch; Jeff Maurer; Ben Silva; Will Tracy; Jill Twiss; Seena Vali; Julie Weiner, “Infrastructure”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 2, episode 4, HBO, Warner Bros. Television:
- Infrastructure: It's our roads, bridges, dams, levees, airports, power grids... basically, anything that can be destroyed in an action movie... The problem is, though, when our infrastructure is not being destroyed by robots and/or saved by Bruce Willis we tend to find it a bit boring.
Translations[edit]
underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
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basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
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Further reading[edit]
infrastructure on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
infrastructure f (plural infrastructures)
- infrastructure (an underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) [from 1875]
Further reading[edit]
- “infrastructure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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