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FRAYMW-urk/ˈfreɪmwɜːk/

A framework is a supporting structure of ideas, rules, or parts: a legal framework, a framework for the essay. Structure is everyday and broader; framework stresses the skeleton you fill in. Outline is thinner (just the headings). Collocations: within a framework, a conceptual framework. In speech, people say a plan or a set of rules.

Meaning

A structure of ideas or rules that supports something.

Examples

• “The essay needs a clear framework.”
• “The policy provides a framework, not a script.”
• “We need a framework before we write the paragraphs.”

Good to know

a framework for + noun. legal/conceptual framework. Everyday: structure / set of rules.

Near in meaning

structure

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