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 Definitions of structure  [ˈstrʌk tʃər]  

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Definition of 'structure' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) structure
the manner in which something is constructed.

2.  structure
the manner in which the elements of anything are organized or interrelated:
the structure of a poem; the structure of protein.

3.  structure
something constructed, as a building or bridge.

4.  structure
anything composed of organized or interrelated elements.

5.  structure
the construction and arrangement of body parts, tissues, or organs.

6.  structure
the attitude of a bed or stratum or of beds or strata of sedimentary rocks, as indicated by the dip and strike.

7.  structure
the coarser composition of a rock, as contrasted with its texture.

8.  structure
the manner in which atoms in a molecule are joined to each other, esp. as represented in organic chemistry.

9.  structure
the pattern or system of beliefs, relationships, institutions, etc., in a social group or society.

10. (v.t.) structure
to give a structure to; organize.

Etymology:  (1400–50; late ME < L structūra=struct(us), ptp. of struere to put together +-ūra -ure)

Definition of 'structure' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) 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"

2. (noun) structure
the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts
"artists must study the structure of the human body"; "the structure of the benzene molecule"

3. (noun) structure
the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations
"his lectures have no structure"

4. (noun) structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing
"he has good bone structure"

5. (verb) social organization, social organisation, social structure, social system, structure
the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships
"the social organization of England and America is very different"; "sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family"

6. (verb) structure
give a structure to
"I need to structure my days"


Definition of 'structure' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) structure
the way sth is organized or arranged, or the state of being organized
the country's economic/political structure; the structure of the modern family; I made a schedule to give my life a little more structure.

2.  structure
sth that has been built
the structure supporting the roof; a fire at a structure in downtown Cleveland


Definition of 'structure' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) structure
the act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction

2. (noun) structure
manner of building; form; make; construction

3. (noun) structure
arrangement of parts, of organs, or of constituent particles, in a substance or body; as, the structure of a rock or a mineral; the structure of a sentence

4. (noun) structure
manner of organization; the arrangement of the different tissues or parts of animal and vegetable organisms; as, organic structure, or the structure of animals and plants; cellular structure

5. (noun) structure
that which is built; a building; esp., a building of some size or magnificence; an edifice


Translation of 'structure' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the way in which something is arranged or organized
A flower has quite a complicated structure; the structure of a human body.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: struktuur Arabic flag Arabic: بِنْيَه، تَرْكيب، تَكْوين Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: структура
Brazilian flag Brazilian: estrutura Czech flag Czech: stavba German flag German: die Struktur
Danish flag Danish: struktur Greek flag Greek: δομή, διάρθρωση Spanish flag Spanish: estructura
Estonian flag Estonian: ehitus Farsi flag Farsi: ساخته Finnish flag Finnish: rakenne
French flag French: structure Hebrew flag Hebrew: מִבנֶה Hindi flag Hindi: संरचना, बनावट, ढांचा
Croatian flag Croatian: struktura, građa Hungarian flag Hungarian: szerkezet Indonesian flag Indonesian: struktur
Icelandic flag Icelandic: bygging, byggingarlag Italian flag Italian: struttura Japanese flag Japanese: 構造
Korean flag Korean: 구조 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: sandara, struktūra Latvian flag Latvian: struktūra; uzbūve
Malay flag Malay: struktur Dutch flag Dutch: structuur Norwegian flag Norwegian: oppbygning, struktur
Polish flag Polish: układ, struktura Persian flag Persian: ساخته Pashto flag Pashto: جوړ شوی
Portuguese flag Portuguese: estrutura Romanian flag Romanian: structură Russian flag Russian: строение
Slovak flag Slovak: stavba Slovenian flag Slovenian: zgradba, ustroj Serbian flag Serbian: struktura
Swedish flag Swedish: struktur, uppbyggnad, kon Thai flag Thai: โครงสร้าง Turkish flag Turkish: yapı, yapılış
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 結構,構造 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: структура; будова Urdu flag Urdu: ساخت
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: kết cấu, cấu trúc Chinese flag Chinese: 结构,构造

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