Meaning & use

infrastructure

noun·Academic

The basic physical systems and structures, such as roads, bridges, and utilities, that a society needs to function.

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The city invested heavily in infrastructure, repaving roads and upgrading the water system.

Poor infrastructure made it difficult for trucks to reach the remote villages.

A note on using this word

Infrastructure is typically uncountable; say infrastructure improvements rather than infrastructures unless naming distinct national systems.

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Another way to use it

2. noun

The underlying framework of systems, such as servers and networks, that supports a technology or organization.

The company upgraded its infrastructure to handle millions of daily users.

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