Infrastructure Meaning
/ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹʌkt͡ʃə/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAn underlying base or foundation for a building, organization, or system.
nounThe facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society.
Sentence Examples
This blog covers topics that centre on information infrastructure.
The infrastructure of an application is directly related to its overall performance.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The growing city needs to improve its roads, bridges, and other ____ quickly.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The city needs to invest more money in its ____, such as building new roads and bridges.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from French infrastructure, equivalent to infra- + structure.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Infrastructure: It's our roads, bridges, dams, levees, airports, power grids... basically, anything that can be destroyed in an action movie... The problem is, though, when our infrastructure is not being destroyed by robots and/or saved by Bruce Willis we tend to find it a bit boring."
— 2015, Tim Carvell [et al.], “Infrastructure”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 2, episode 4, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO:
"About $7.4 billion will be allocated to states, tribes and territories for 2022 – the first-year allotment of nearly $44 billion in total SRF funding over the next five years from the infrastructure law, according to an EPA fact sheet."
— 2021 December 2, Liz Stark, “EPA urges states to target billions in new water infrastructure funding to historically underserved communities”, in CNN, archived from the original on 18 Jun 2022:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The growing city needs to improve its roads, bridges, and other ____ quickly.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The city needs to invest more money in its ____, such as building new roads and bridges.