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public works

pl.n.

Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public.

public works

pl n

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) engineering projects and other constructions, financed and undertaken by a government for the community

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Noun

public works - structures (such as highways or schools or bridges or docks) constructed at government expense for public use

infrastructure, base - the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; "the industrial base of Japan"

structure, construction - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"

plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one

Translations

public works npl → lavori mpl pubblici

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