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English

Etymology

frame + work

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation|UK) IPA: /ˈfɹeɪmwɜːk/,
(General American|US) IPA: /ˈfɹeɪmwɝk/,

Noun

The arrangement of support beams that represent a buildings general shape and size.
The larger branches of a tree that determine its shape.
A basic conceptual structure.
: These ‘three principles of connexion’ comprise the framework of principles in Hume's account of the association of ideas.

Related terms

frame

Translations

French:
Portuguese: -{{t|pt|estrutura|f}}

Spanish: {{t-|es|infraestructura|f}}

: charpente, carcasse, cadre
: marco

: kader

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Framework \Frame"work`\, n.
1. The work of framing, or the completed work; the frame or
constructional part of anything; as, the framework of
society.
[1913 Webster]

A staunch and solid piece of framework. --Milton.
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2. Work done in, or by means of, a frame or loom.
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WordNet framework
n 1: a simplified description of a complex entity or process;
"the computer program was based on a model of the
circulatory and respiratory systems" [syn: model, {theoretical
account}]
2: the underlying structure; "restoring the framework of the
bombed building"; "it is part of the fabric of society"
[syn: fabric]
3: a structure supporting or containing something [syn: frame,
framing]

Moby Dictionary
Anschauung , angle , angle of vision , basis , cadre , case , casement ,
casing , chassis , configuration , contour , delineation , doorframe ,
eye , fabric , features , figuration , figure , footing , frame ,
frame of reference , framing , gestalt , lattice , latticework , light ,
lineaments , lines , main features , mental outlook , outline , outlook ,
picture frame , place , point of view , position , profile ,
reference system , regard , relief , respect , sash , shapes , shell ,
side , sight , silhouette , situation , skeleton , slant , stand ,
standpoint , structure , system , tournure , universe , view , viewpoint ,
window case , window frame

FOLDOC framework

In object-oriented systems, a set of classes that embodies
an abstract design for solutions to a number of related
problems.

(1995-01-30)