infrastructure

UK /ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹʌkt͡ʃə/ US /ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹʌkt͡ʃɚ/

noun 2

Definitions

noun

An underlying base or foundation for a building, organization, or system.

Near-synonyms: understructure, underpinnings, underbuilding, underframework

The parasitic tyranny's infrastructure depends on secrecy in order to be effective.

The facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society.

Meronyms: (literally, large objects and portions thereof) structures, substructures, understructures, superstructures

If we don't spend money to maintain our infrastructure, such as roads, bridges, water mains, sewers, and electrical grids, then it will begin to fail us.

Collocations

ADJ.

catastrophic, complete, digital, expensive, fragile, gigantic, good, illegal

The country's fragile infrastructure collapsed after the severe earthquake last year.

VERB + INFRASTRUCTURE

centre, damage, develop, improve, improving, require, trains

The government invested millions to improve infrastructure in rural areas.

INFRASTRUCTURE + NOUN

algeria, application, construction, development, ecology, economies, ll, secrecy

The government invested billions in infrastructure development across rural regions.

PREP.

in, in, on, on

The government invested billions in infrastructure to modernize the aging roads and bridges.

ADV.

relatively

The city has relatively modern infrastructure despite being built over a century ago.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed f

base

noun — the basic structure or features of a system or organization

substructure

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Near-synonyms: understructure, underpinnings, underbuilding, underframework

Wiktionary

The parasitic tyranny's infrastructure depends on secrecy in order to be effective.

Wiktionary

Meronyms: (literally, large objects and portions thereof) structures, substructures, understructures, superstructures

Wiktionary

This blog covers topics that centre on information infrastructure.

Tatoeba · #329361

But see, Python has the unfortunate habit of making everything look too easy. To really show the guts of a plugin infrastructure, we’ll switch to C.

Tatoeba · #1799050

The infrastructure of an application is directly related to its overall performance.

Tatoeba · #2915554

Usage Notes

Your note

not saved

0 chars