{
    "term": "infrastructure",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the basic systems and services that are necessary for a country or an organization to run smoothly, for example buildings, transport and water and power supplies",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪnfrəstrʌktʃə(r)/",
                "audio": "in/infrastructure/infrastructure__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪnfrəstrʌktʃər/",
                "audio": "in/infrastructure/infrastructure__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 20th cent.: from French (see infra-, structure)."
}