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framework
Noun
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A framework is basic ideas and organisation that you can build an argument, a book, a society, etc. around.
The aim of the course is to provide a comprehensive framework for practical and theoretical study in Art and Design.
The purpose of a system of budgeting is to provide a reasoned framework for the financial decisions of a future period.
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A framework is the structural supports that a building, vehicle, etc. is built around.
Very large iron and steel beams provide the framework for the building’s central section.
raising
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adjective
increasing in quantity or value
a cost-raising increase in the basic wage rate
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noun
(= elevation)
the event of something being raised upward
an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon
a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity
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noun
the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
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noun
(= nurture)
helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
they debated whether nature or nurture was more important
ceremony
Noun
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A ceremony is a religious or social event with a number of things that are traditionally done or said.
We are going to get married in a big wedding ceremony.