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.
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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. — fjay69
You like to talk about architecture, don't you?
ruТы любишь касающиеся архитектуры разговоры, разве нет? — WaruiShikabane
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.
the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect
(countable, uncountable)A specific model of a microchip or CPU.
The Intel architectures have more software written for them.
More meanings 4
(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.
(countable, uncountable)Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship.
(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.
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
42 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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