infrastructure
An underlying base or foundation for a building, organization, or systemAn underlying base or foundation for a building, organization, or system.
» This blog covers topics that centre on information infrastructure.
В этом блоге освещаются темы, сгруппированные вокруг инфраструктуры информации.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
Infrastruktur
инфраструкту́раinfrastruktúra
інфраструкту́раinfrastruktúra
the basic structure or features of a system or organization
(countable, uncountable)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.
Infrastruktur
инфраструкту́раinfrastruktúra
інфраструкту́раinfrastruktúra
the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
Examples
155 sentencesThis blog covers topics that centre on information infrastructure.
ruВ этом блоге освещаются темы, сгруппированные вокруг инфраструктуры информации.
Let's talk about infrastructure.
ruДавайте поговорим об инфраструктуре.
She wants to invest in our company's infrastructure.
Hospitals are a necessary part of any city's infrastructure.
The infrastructure project was highly controversial from the beginning.
deDas Infrastrukturprojekt war von Anfang an höchst umstritten.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French infrastructure, equivalent to infra- + structure.Borrowed from French infrastructure, equivalent to infra- + structure.
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Forms
plural: infrastructures| Singular | infrastructure |
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Synonyms
6 synonyms- the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area:base
- the basic structure or features of a system or organization:substructure
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable