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frame⋅work

  [freym-wurk]
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–noun
1. a skeletal structure designed to support or enclose something.
2. a frame or structure composed of parts fitted and joined together.
3. the construction or sale of frames.
4. work done in, on, or with a frame.
Origin:
1635–45; frame + work
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frame·work   (frām'wûrk')   
n.  
  1. A structure for supporting or enclosing something else, especially a skeletal support used as the basis for something being constructed.
  2. An external work platform; a scaffold.
  3. A fundamental structure, as for a written work.
  4. A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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.

A staunch and solid piece of framework. --Milton.

2. Work done in, or by means of, a frame or loom.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : framework
Spanish: estructura, marco,
German: das Gerüst,
Japanese: 骨組み
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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)

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