framework

  1. Noun.  (literally) The arrangement of support beams that represent a building's general shape and size.
  2. Noun.  (figuratively) The larger branches of a tree that determine its shape.
  3. Noun.  (figuratively, especially in) A basic conceptual structure.
  4. Noun.  (literally) The identification and categorisation of processes or steps that constitute a complex task or mindset in order to render explicit the tacit and implicit.

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