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architecture

noun

the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect

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Word length
12
Starts with
A
Ends with
E
Contains
RC
Scrabble score
19
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

ˈɑː.kɪ.ˌtɛk.tʃə

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Meaning

Definitions

noun

  1. the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect

noun

  1. an architectural product or work

noun

  1. (computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software

    “the architecture of a computer's system software”

noun

  1. the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings

    “architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use”

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Example Sentences

the architecture of a computer's system software
architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use
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