infrastructure
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French infrastructure, equivalent to infra- + structure.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹʌkt͡ʃɚ/
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Noun
infrastructure (countable and uncountable, plural infrastructures)
- (systems theory) An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
- Synonyms: underbuilding, underframework
- 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 [et al.], “Infrastructure”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 2, episode 4, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO:
- 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.
Derived terms
Translations
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
infrastructure on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
infrastructure f (plural infrastructures)
- infrastructure (an underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system)
Further reading
- “infrastructure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.