infrastructure
/ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹʌkt͡ʃə/US/ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹʌkt͡ʃɚ/
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infrastructure noun: an underlying base or foundation for a building, organization, or system.
Noun
infrastructure (countable and uncountable, plural infrastructures)
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- understructure, underpinning, underbuilding, underframework
- Antonyms:
- superstructure
- 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.
infrastructure meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
infrastructure in Hindi
- underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
- अवसंरचना avsanracnā
- basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
- अवसंरचना avsanracnā
infrastructure in Tamil
- basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
- உள்கட்டமைப்பு uḷkaṭṭamaippu, கட்டமைப்பு kaṭṭamaippu
infrastructure in Marathi
- पायाभूत सुविधा, पायाभूत सुविधांची व्यवस्था
infrastructure in Urdu
- basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
- ہیکل اساسی haikal-e-asāsī, بنیادی ڈھانچہ bunyādī-ḍhāñca, بنیادی ڈھانچا bunyādī-ḍhāñcā, ساخت زیریں sāxt-e-zerī̃
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- infrastructure in Bengali
- পরিকাঠামো porikaṭhamō
- infrastructure in Telugu
- అవస్థాపన సౌకర్యాలు avasthāpana saukaryālu
- infrastructure in Malayalam
- അടിസ്ഥാന സൌകര്യങ്ങൾ, അടിസ്ഥാനസൌകര്യങ്ങൾ
- infrastructure in Kannada
- ಅಡಿರಚನೆ, ಅಡಿಗಟ್ಟು, ಆಧಾರರಚನೆ, ಮೂಲಭೂತ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಗಳು
- infrastructure in Punjabi
- ਬੁਨਿਆਦੀ ਢਾਂਚਾ, ਬੁਨਿਆਦੀ ਢਾਂਚੇ
- infrastructure in Gujarati
- માળખાગત સુવિધાઓ, ઇન્ફ્રાસ્ટ્રક્ચર, માળખાકીય સુવિધાઓ
- infrastructure in Odia
- ଭିତ୍ତିଭୂମି, ଭିତ୍ତିଭୂମିର
- infrastructure in Sanskrit
- अवसंरचना avasaṃracanā
- infrastructure in Nepali
- पूर्वाधार, आधारभूत संरचना
- infrastructure in Tagalog
- imprastruktura, imprastraktura, suludkayarian
- infrastructure in Arabic
- بِنْيَة تَحْتِيَّة binya taḥtiyya
- infrastructure in Malay
- infrastruktur
- infrastructure in Indonesian
- infrastruktur, prasarana
- infrastructure in Persian
- زیرساخت zirsâxt
- infrastructure in Thai
- โครงสร้างพื้นฐาน kroong-sâang-pʉ́ʉn-tǎan
- infrastructure in Vietnamese
- cơ sở hạ tầng
Examples of infrastructure in a sentence
- The salt factory is a key connecting element in the seawater infrastructure.
- The war torn country was practically back to the stone age for infrastructure.
- We need the ultimate drop-in biofuel to make use of our expensive oil-based infrastructure.
Synonyms of infrastructure
Antonyms
Forms of infrastructure
| plural | infrastructures |
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Origin of infrastructure
Borrowed from French infrastructure, equivalent to infra- + structure.
Words formed from infrastructure
Phrases with infrastructure
Questions about infrastructure
- What does infrastructure mean?
- Infrastructure means an underlying base or foundation for a building, organization, or system.
- What is infrastructure in Hindi?
- Infrastructure in Hindi is अवसंरचना (avsanracnā). See Infrastructure meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is infrastructure?
- Infrastructure is a noun.
- How do you pronounce infrastructure?
- Infrastructure is pronounced /ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹʌkt͡ʃə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of infrastructure?
- The plural of infrastructure is infrastructures.
Words near infrastructure in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: infrastructure (page history and authors); infrastructure (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); infrastructure (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); infrastructure (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); infrastructure (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); infrastructure (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); infrastructure (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); infrastructure (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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