framework

noun

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6 meanings of framework

1
nounfigurativelycountable
A basic set of ideas that you use to understand or organize something.
Like the outline of a story that helps you fit all the parts together.
Their plan gives us a clear framework for making decisions.
We needed a simple framework to organize all these ideas.
Similarstructure, model, system, scheme, paradigm
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2
nouncountable
A structure made of joined parts with open spaces between them.
Like the bars of a jungle gym, with empty space all around them.
The old bridge has a metal framework that holds up the road.
Builders set up a wooden framework before pouring the concrete.
Similarskeleton, structure, frame, armature, lattice
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3
nouncountable
The set of beams that gives a building its basic shape and size.
Like the bones of a body that decide how tall and wide it will be.
Workers finished the building's framework by the end of summer.
You can see the whole framework before the walls go up.
Similarframe, skeleton, structure, shell
4
nouncountable
A set of ready-made code that gives programmers a standard base to build an app on.
Like a coloring book that already has the outlines, so you just fill in the parts that are yours.
She built the website using a popular framework.
A good framework saves you from writing the same code again and again.
Similarplatform, toolkit, library
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5
nouncountable
A set of rules used to study and describe how a language works.
Like a set of game rules that tells you how all the pieces fit together.
Each framework gives teachers a clear way to explain grammar.
Students learned a simple framework for breaking sentences into parts.
Similartheory, model, approach, paradigm
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6
nounfigurativelycountable
The big branches of a tree that decide its overall shape.
Like the main poles of a tent that hold up the whole shape.
Pruning helped the young tree develop a strong framework.
In winter you can clearly see the tree's bare framework.
Similarscaffold, structure, skeleton

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Origin

Made from the words "frame" and "work".