infrastructure
noun
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Infra- means "below;" so the infrastructure is the "underlying structure" of a country and its economy, the fixed installations that it needs in order to function. These include roads, bridges, dams, the water and sewer systems, railways and subways, airports, and harbors. These are generally government-built and publicly owned. Some people also speak about such things as the intellectual infrastructure or the infrastructure of science research, but the meaning of such notions can be extremely vague.
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Coleby Phillips, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
Benson hopes to listen to his constituents, support the police and prioritize infrastructure.
—Eleanor McCrary, The Courier-Journal, 6 Nov. 2024
Preparing for the bitter cold months ahead Last winter, damage to energy infrastructure left around 7 million children in Ukraine without electricity, heating and water.
—Unicef Usa, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Zalando, which has taken a page out of Amazon’s playbook to build infrastructure, software and services for brands and other retailers’ e-commerce, saw B2B revenues jump to 239.7 million euros year-over-year.
—Rhonda Richford, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Infrastructure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/infrastructure. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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