Definition of "framework" []

• A structure for supporting or enclosing something else, especially a skeletal support used as the basis for something being constructed. (noun)
• An external work platform; a scaffold. (noun)
• A fundamental structure, as for a written work. (noun)
• A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality. (noun)

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• "Canadian Environment Minister Peter Kent told reporters that he could accept the term "framework" instead of "treaty.""
• "Mr. Solon said the term "framework" is much too weak."
• "So, the title framework isn't really matching for Rails."