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infra

adv.
C1 Advanced US //ˈɪnfɹə// UK //ˈɪnfɹɐ// in·fra Informal Computing Law
Definition

adv. a short way of saying 'infrastructure'. You use it when talking about the basic systems or structures that support a larger project or organization.

adv. a shortened form of 'infrastructure', used to refer to the fundamental systems or structures that support a particular activity or organization.


SIMPLE

We need to upgrade the infra before the new servers go live.

CONTEXTUAL

The company is investing heavily in its cloud infra to handle the expected increase in user traffic.

COMPLEX

While the software development was progressing smoothly, the team realized that the existing infra was insufficient to support the high volume of data being processed daily.

Origin

Borrowed from Latin infra (“below”).

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Last updated May 19, 2026