architecture

[ ahr-ki-tek-cher ]
See synonyms for architecture on Thesaurus.com
noun
  1. the profession of designing buildings, open areas, communities, and other artificial constructions and environments, usually with some regard to aesthetic effect. Architecture often includes design or selection of furnishings and decorations, supervision of construction work, and the examination, restoration, or remodeling of existing buildings.

  2. the character or style of building: the architecture of Paris; Romanesque architecture.

  1. the action or process of building; construction.

  2. the result or product of architectural work, as a building.

  3. buildings collectively.

  4. Computers. a fundamental underlying design of computer hardware, software, or both.

  5. the structure of anything: the architecture of a novel.

Origin of architecture

1
First recorded in 1555–65; from Middle French, from Latin architectūra; see architect, -ure

Words Nearby architecture

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use architecture in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for architecture

architecture

/ (ˈɑːkɪˌtɛktʃə) /


noun
  1. the art and science of designing and superintending the erection of buildings and similar structures

  2. a style of building or structure: Gothic architecture

  1. buildings or structures collectively

  2. the structure or design of anything: the architecture of the universe

  3. the internal organization of a computer's components with particular reference to the way in which data is transmitted

  4. the arrangement of the various devices in a complete computer system or network

Derived forms of architecture

  • architectural, adjective
  • architecturally, adverb

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012