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Structure
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- 1 A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts. countable, uncountable
"The birds had built an amazing structure out of sticks and various discarded items."
- 2 a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts wordnet
- 3 The underlying shape of a solid. countable, uncountable
"He studied the structure of her face."
- 4 the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts wordnet
- 5 The overall form or organization of something. countable, uncountable
"The structure of a sentence."
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- 6 a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement wordnet
- 7 A set of rules defining behaviour. countable, uncountable
"For some, the structure of school life was oppressive."
- 8 the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations wordnet
- 9 Several pieces of data treated as a unit. countable, uncountable
"This structure contains both date and timezone information."
- 10 the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships wordnet
- 11 Underwater terrain or objects (such as a dead tree or a submerged car) that tend to attract fish uncountable
"There's lots of structure to be fished along the west shore of the lake; the impoundment submerged a town there when it was built."
- 12 A body, such as a political party, with a cohesive purpose or outlook. countable, uncountable
"The South African leader went off to consult with the structures."
- 13 A set along with a collection of finitary functions and relations. countable, uncountable
- 1 To give structure to; to arrange. transitive
"I'm trying to structure my time better so I'm not always late."
- 2 give a structure to wordnet
Etymology
From Middle French structure, from Latin structūra (“a fitting together, adjustment, building, erection, a building, edifice, structure”), from struere, past participle structus (“pile up, arrange, assemble, build”). Compare construct, instruct, destroy, etc.
From Middle French structure, from Latin structūra (“a fitting together, adjustment, building, erection, a building, edifice, structure”), from struere, past participle structus (“pile up, arrange, assemble, build”). Compare construct, instruct, destroy, etc.
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