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As a noun, framework means a support structure comprising joined parts or conglomerated particles and intervening open spaces of similar or larger size.
Meanings of framework
8 meaningsnoun
literallyA support structure comprising joined parts or conglomerated particles and intervening open spaces of similar or larger size.
literallyThe arrangement of support beams that represent a building's general shape and size.
figurativelyThe larger branches of a tree that determine its shape.
figurativelyA basic conceptual structure.
“These ‘three principles of connexion’ compose the framework of principles in Hume's account of the association of ideas.”
software engineeringA reusable piece of code (and, sometimes, other utilities) providing a standard environment within which an application can be implemented.
grammarAn established and structured system of rules and principles used for analyzing and describing the structure of a language.
A hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
“the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems”
Similar: model, theoretical accountA structure supporting or containing something
Similar: frame
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).