architecture
The art and science of designing and managing the construction of buildings and other…The art and science of designing and managing the construction of buildings and other structures, particularly if they are well proportioned and decorated.
» Tom went to Boston to study architecture.
Meaning
7 senses(countable, uncountable)The art and science of designing and managing the construction of buildings and other structures, particularly if they are well proportioned and decorated.
The architecture throughout NYC is amazing.
Architektur, Baustil
архитекту́раarxitektúra, зо́дчествоzódčestvo
архітекту́раarxitektúra
(countable, uncountable)Any particular style of building design.
(countable, uncountable)Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship.
1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth the formation of the first Earth, after such a wonderful manner, being a piece of Divine Architecture
(countable, uncountable)A unifying structure.
(countable, uncountable)A family of CPUs sharing a common instruction set and having partial or full compatibility with software built on each other.
(countable, uncountable)A specific model of a microchip or CPU.
The Intel architectures have more software written for them.
(countable, uncountable)The structure and design of a system or product.
The architecture of the company's billing system is designed to support its business goals.
(computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software
Examples
95 sentencesTom went to Boston to study architecture.
Tom loves architecture more than anything else in the world.
ruТом любит архитектуру больше всего на свете.
You like to talk about architecture, don't you?
ruТы любишь касающиеся архитектуры разговоры, разве нет?
I'm an architecture student.
ruЯ студент архитектурного факультета.
deIch bin Architekturstudent.
Tom is studying architecture.
ruТом изучает архитектуру.
deTom studiert Architektur.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French architecture, from Latin architectūra. Originally from architect, froBorrowed from French architecture, from Latin architectūra. Originally from architect, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn, “architect”, literally “arch builder, ext. chief builder, principal craftsman”).
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Forms
plural: architectures| Singular | architecture |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- (computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software:computer architecture
Word family
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