framework English · revision 6217

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=1578}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈfɹeɪm.wɜːk/ ''(UK)''; /ˈfɹeɪm.wɝk/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|en|frame|work]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A structure of parts framed together, for enclosing or supporting something: 1578 in MWU,^(MWU 2024) 1644 in the OED, the 1640s in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The figurative sense, an arranged structure or basis of ideas, is from 1816.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) ''Framework of reference'', the same as frame of reference, follows from that.^(SOED 2002) Framework also meant work done in or on a frame, such as knitting on a stocking-frame (''framework-knitter'', 1716).^(OED 1989)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1578 – a supporting structure (MWU).^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1644 – a supporting structure (OED).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1716 – ''framework-knitter''.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1816 – figurative, a basic structure of ideas.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A structure that supports or encloses something; a [[skeleton]] or frame.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A basic structure of ideas or rules, as for a plan, [[theory]] or system.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Work such as [[embroidery]] or [[weaving]] done on a frame.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[underframework]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[frame]]

+ * [[work]]

+ * [[structure]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}