framework
IPA: frˈeɪmwɝk
noun
- (literally) A support structure comprising joined parts or conglomerated particles and intervening open spaces of similar or larger size.
- (literally) The arrangement of support beams that represent a building's general shape and size.
- (figuratively) The larger branches of a tree that determine its shape.
- (figuratively) A basic conceptual structure.
- (software engineering) A reusable piece of code (and, sometimes, other utilities) providing a standard environment within which an application can be implemented.
- (grammar) An established and structured system of rules and principles used for analyzing and describing the structure of a language.
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Examples of "framework" in Sentences
- This is the memory predictive framework.
- The framework of education in the school.
- The result was extensive buckling of the framework.
- Preferably the foam panel is molded to the framework.
- Preferably ,the foam panel is molded to the framework.
- The effectiveness of the framework dictates the growth.
- The framework for the environmental assessment of Nafta.
- It provides the framework for Jerome's discursive narrative.
- Failure of elements to conform in the framework is catastrophic.
- Enumerations are unsupported in the current version of the framework.