Meaning of framework in English

framework

noun

/ˈfreɪm.wɜːk/ us

/ˈfreɪm.wɝːk/

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a supporting structure around which something can be built

a system of rules, ideas, or beliefs that is used to plan or decide something:

a legal framework for resolving disputes

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The steel framework supports the copper covering.
The building has a flexible framework so that it can survive an earthquake.
The U.S. Constitution established a broad framework of government.
Many people accept the principles of evolution within the framework of their religious beliefs.
Most biologists use the same basic framework for classification.

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framework | American Dictionary

framework

noun [ C ]

/ˈfreɪmˌwɜrk/

framework noun [C] (STRUCTURE)

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a structure around or over which something is built:

the steel framework of a bridge

framework noun [C] (ORGANIZATION)

the ideas, information, and principles that form the structure of an organization or plan:

They’re operating within the framework of a military bureaucracy.

The agreement outlines a framework and schedule for resolving the issues.

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framework | Business English

framework

noun [ C ]

/ˈfreɪmwɜːk/ us

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a system of rules, ideas, or beliefs that is used to plan or decide something:

a framework for sth The future trade agenda can provide an important framework for restoring sustainable growth.

within the framework of sth Our best chance of preventing such devastating acts of terror is to act within the framework of international law.

a supporting structure around which something can be built:

a framework for sth The foundations are ready and the steel framework for the tower has been built.

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Examples of framework

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Using this early conceptual framework, numerous layouts were planned and costed.

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In such a framework, there would seem to be no reason not to include social meaning along with 'ordinary' semantics and pragmatics.

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He develops a constructive framework for proving equalities about programs, and shows how to derive the free theorems in a purely syntactic way.

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In other words, in refusing to attribute any role to crime, these studies are forced into the same zero-sum framework they attempt to challenge.

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In this framework, conceptual representations are contiguous with the representational forms of perception and action.

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She stresses that her work is interdisciplinary in nature, and her review of the literature supporting her conceptual framework reaches beyond linguistics and language education.

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Understandings from neuropsychology, cognitive psychology and learning theory are combined within a rehabilitation framework that takes account of the personal context and surrounding social system.

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This provides a framework (via a set of tasks) for school-based information-gathering prior to teaching practice.

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While labour demand is modelled, labour supply is supposed to follow the demand within the framework of constant nominal wage rates.

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The rules for organizing frameworks and assigning surfaces to them are complex and not fully-understood.

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It presents a framework within which these and other recommender systems can be understood.

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Section 2 begins with an overview of the theoretical challenge, and then presents a category-theoretic framework for deriving transition systems.

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Here we propose a theoretical framework based on a psycholinguistic grain size approach to guide the collection of evidence in different countries.

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The purpose of this paper is to provide a theoretical framework for adequate assessment procedures to testing foreign language vocabulary.

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We believe that there are at least three theoretical frameworks that could provide the basis for the study of codeswitching in instructed settings.

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abstract framework

The best interests standard is a formal and abstract framework; families are intimate and particular associations.

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accounting framework

Section 2 introduces the demographic structure and the accounting framework of the study.

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administrative framework

The article is more concerned with the administrative framework within which successive drainage schemes were organised.

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in Chinese (Traditional)

（建築物等的）架構，框架, （規則、觀念或信仰的）框架，體系，結構…

Meaning of framework in English

framework | American Dictionary

framework noun [C] (STRUCTURE)

framework noun [C] (ORGANIZATION)

framework | Business English

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