Meaning

2 senses
  1. (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

  2. (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 sentences
  1. This blog covers topics that centre on information infrastructure.

    ruВ этом блоге освещаются темы, сгруппированные вокруг инфраструктуры информации.

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  2. Let's talk about infrastructure.

    ruДавайте поговорим об инфраструктуре.

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  3. She wants to invest in our company's infrastructure.

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  4. Hospitals are a necessary part of any city's infrastructure.

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  5. The infrastructure project was highly controversial from the beginning.

    deDas Infrastrukturprojekt war von Anfang an höchst umstritten.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system:
Русский
By meaning 1
underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system:

Origin

Borrowed from French infrastructure, equivalent to infra- + structure.

Borrowed from French infrastructure, equivalent to infra- + structure.

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Forms

plural: infrastructures
Singularinfrastructure
Pluralinfrastructures

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • 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 antonyms

Word family

6 related words

See also

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