Meaning of infrastructure in English

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/ ˈɪn·frəˌstrʌk·tʃər /

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Infrastructure and economic projects will take time to complete and may not meet the population's high expectations.

the country's/nation's/city's infrastructure the basic systems and services that a company or industry needs in order to work effectively:

build/create/develop an infrastructure Creating an infrastructure for managing post-customer discards is evolving in many industries.

a company's financial infrastructure broadband/information/IT infrastructure

(Definition of infrastructure from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of infrastructure

infrastructure And the reality is that we are going to have to be able to reduce that infrastructure.

The necessary infrastructure, in terms of legal and technical infrastructure, has not been put in place yet.

The infrastructure -- including the cost of laptops, etc. -- is getting cheaper.

The infrastructure, the way they provide for their families and the very basic way they live their lives would be completely different.

The willingness to get the key infrastructure right and continuously re-invent it.

On top of that, the country's economic conditions paired with a strong baseball infrastructure will continue to create interest in the game among youngsters.

The water infrastructure has been polluted, and it's because of mountaintop removal, underground injection and basically coal production.

That means it comes at no cost to schools, a notion that speaks well to school officials struggling to improve safety infrastructure on overextended budgets.

In a lot of countries, the private sector plays a big role in funding infrastructure like city subways and trains.

Funding restoration did not mean critical infrastructure and staffing were still in place. Lawmakers nearly came to blows at a meeting meant to address infrastructure issues this month. Do you need the infrastructure first or the car? Our role was to provide them with information, particularly concerning the network infrastructure.

When it comes to infrastructure, for example, it is far easier to build high-speed rail lines where there are weak property rights and few lawyers.

We are not going to benefit from our infrastructure without being reasonable and coming to agreement.

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The measure of civil liberties, public sector competence, irregular payments, and regulatory burden are all dropped from the administrative infrastructure sub-index.

Basic infrastructure is low in the ejidos.

The state utilised its bureaucratic capacities to undertake numerous economic tasks : collecting more taxes, building infrastructure , and undertaking production directly.

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Translations of infrastructure

in Chinese (Traditional) in Chinese (Simplified) in Spanish infraestructura, infraestructura [feminine, singular]… in Portuguese infraestrutura, infraestrutura [feminine]… in more languages in Marathi in Turkish in Japanese in Gujarati in Swedish in Norwegian in Ukrainian in Russian in Bengali in Indonesian in Vietnamese पायाभूत सुविधा… altyapı, enfrastrüktür… infrastructure [feminine], infrastructure… infrastructuur…

ஒரு நாடு அல்லது அமைப்பு திறம்பட வேலை செய்வதற்காக பயன்படுத்தும் போக்குவரத்து மற்றும் மின்சாரம் போன்ற அடிப்படை அமைப்புகள் மற்றும் சேவைகள்…

(किसी देश या संगठन की) आधारभूत संरचना… માળખાકીય સવલતો… infrastruktur… infrastruktur… infrastruktur… die Infrastruktur… infrastruktur [masculine], infrastruktur… بنیادی ڈھانچہ… інфраструктура… инфраструктура…

మౌలిక సదుపాయాలు / ఒక దేశం లేదా సంస్థ సమర్థవంతంగా పని చేయడానికి ఉపయోగించే రవాణా, విద్యుత్ సరఫరా వంటి ప్రాథమిక వ్యవస్థలు, సేవలు…

infrastruktura… infrastruktur, prasarana… โครงสร้างพื้นฐาน… cơ sở hạ tầng… infrastruktura, ifrastruktura… Need a translator?

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