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framework definition

frame·work (frām′wʉrk′)

noun

  1. a structure, usually rigid, serving to hold the parts of something together or to support something constructed or stretched over or around it
  2. the basic structure, arrangement, or system
  3. frame of reference (sense )

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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