Infrastructure
infrastructure (noun) - the basic services and facilities in a country such as water, electricity, transportation, and communication that make everyday life and business possible.
Example sentences:
* Improvements in the country's basic infrastructure are planned over the next ten years.
* The regional infrastructure was old, decrepit, and in serious need of repair.
* The computing infrastructure of the company needs to be continually maintained and upgraded if the company is to remain comptetive.
* The computer engineer's specialty was network infrastructure and capacity planning.
* The country's transportation infrastructure needs a major overhaul if if more remote areas in the country are to be connected to capital.
* Other basic infrastructure projects up for approval include extensions to the subway and a water supply for the boooming eastern seaboard.
* There will be a transition period during which the infrastructure and industry of the former East German state will catch up with West Germany.
* The infrastructure of the country was destroyed during the war by the heavy bombing.
* Expenditure by the government on infrastructure is also a type of investment.
* This government initiative will stimulate private-sector investment in infrastructure.
* The metaphor of the internet as a "highway" emphasizes the infrastructure, the building blocks, of the internet, rather than the social forces that have led to its popularity.
* We will invest in government-sponsored infrastructure projects such as hospitals, roads, bridges and prisons.
* Guards have been positioned around potential infrastructure targets such as power stations, airports and railways that terrorists may target.
* The country has the telecoms infrastructure and language capabilities necessary for international call centres.
* A better transport infrastructure will benefit both the environment and the economy.
* The war destroyed the industrial infrastructure of the country.
* Government spending on infrastructure began to slow down in the 1970s.
* First, we must assure that there is adequate funding for infrastructure repairs and improvements.
