framework

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UK /ˈfɹeɪm.wɜːk/ US /ˈfɹeɪm.wɝk/

noun 5

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

basic, broad, general

wider

Understanding local customs requires looking at them within a wider framework of cultural differences.

chronological, historical

Understanding the historical framework of the American Civil War helps students grasp its causes and effects.

VERB + FRAMEWORK

establish, have, set

The school has a strong framework for supporting students with learning difficulties.

offer (sb), provide (sb with)

PREP

outside a/the ~

The company made some important decisions outside the official framework during informal meetings.

within a/the ~

The new safety rules must be followed within the framework that the government established.

~ for

The school created a framework for organizing student volunteer projects across the community.

Definitions

noun

A support structure comprising joined parts or conglomerated particles and intervening open spaces of similar or larger size.

The arrangement of support beams that represent a building's general shape and size.

The larger branches of a tree that determine its shape.

A basic conceptual structure.

These ‘three principles of connexion’ compose the framework of principles in Hume's account of the association of ideas.

He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair.

A reusable piece of code (and, sometimes, other utilities) providing a standard environment within which an application can be implemented.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a structure supporting or containing something

frame

noun — the underlying structure

fabric

noun — a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process

model

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

These ‘three principles of connexion’ compose the framework of principles in Hume's account of the association of ideas.

Wiktionary

He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning

Wiktionary

The building will be made of concrete on a steel framework.

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The question here is one of creating the framework with which we can outline the social trend.

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The framework of the new building is slowly taking form.

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We asked experts to make an unbiased study on the linguistic problems experienced in the framework of international communication.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, framework is marked as figuratively, literally. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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