noun · academic
infrastructure
UK/ˌɪnfrəˈstrʌktʃə/US/ˌɪnfrəˈstrʌktʃər/IN·fra·STRUC·ture
the basic systems and services (roads, power, water, transport) that a country or city needs
Examples
“The government is investing in infrastructure to support economic growth.”
“Poor infrastructure can limit a city's development.”
“We need better infrastructure if we want to attract foreign businesses.”
Band 8 sentence
“A robust infrastructure network is essential for sustainable urban development and attracting investment.”
Collocations
- public infrastructure
- invest in infrastructure
- infrastructure development
Word family
Common mistakes
We need more infrastructures.→We need more infrastructure.
infrastructure development is very important (but lowercase at sentence start)→Infrastructure development is very important.
Say it for a higher band
5facilities→6public services→7+infrastructure
Synonyms
facilities
Easily confused
facilities
“The new hospital has modern medical facilities.”
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