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.
Examples of infrastructure in a Sentence
Tanya Stukalova, ABC News, 19 Apr. 2025
The big question is whether Whop can become the definitive infrastructure for the creator economy in the way Shopify has for e-commerce.
—Ethan Stone, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
After a meeting with U.S. officials in Saudi Arabia at the end of March, Kyiv accepted without conditions the U.S. plan for a ceasefire on energy infrastructure and in the Black Sea.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 18 Apr. 2025
Yet, in many cases, the demand for high-speed, always-on connectivity outpaces the infrastructure built to support it.
—Piyush Jain, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Infrastructure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/infrastructure. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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