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Definitions for Structure

[1] mode of building, construction, or organization; arrangement of parts, elements, or constituents: a pyramidal structure.
[2] something built or constructed, as a building, bridge, or dam.
[3] a complex system considered from the point of view of the whole rather than of any single part: the structure of modern science.
[4] anything composed of parts arranged together in some way; an organization.
[5] the relationship or organization of the component parts of a work of art or literature: the structure of a poem.
[6] Biology . mode of organization; construction and arrangement of tissues, parts, or organs.
[7] Geology . the attitude of a bed or stratum or of beds or strata of sedimentary rocks, as indicated by the dip and strike. the coarser composition of a rock, as contrasted with its texture.
[8] Chemistry . the manner in which atoms in a molecule are joined to each other, especially in organic chemistry where molecular arrangement is represented by a diagram or model.
[9] Sociology . the system or complex of beliefs held by members of a social group. the system of relations between the constituent groups of a society. the relationship between or the interrelated arrangement of the social institutions of a society or culture, as of mores, marriage customs, or family. the pattern of relationships, as of status or friendship, existing among the members of a group or society.
[10] the pattern of organization of a language as a whole or of arrangements of linguistic units, as phonemes, morphemes or tagmemes, within larger units.
[11] to give a structure, organization, or arrangement to; construct or build a systematic framework for: to structure a curriculum so well that a novice teacher can use it.
[12] a complex construction or entity
[13] the arrangement and interrelationship of parts in a construction, such as a building
[14] the manner of construction or organization the structure of society
[15] biology morphology; form
[16] chem the arrangement of atoms in a molecule of a chemical compound the structure of benzene
[17] geology the way in which a mineral, rock, rock mass or stratum, etc, is made up of its component parts
[18] rare the act of constructing
[19] (tr) to impart a structure to

Words related to Structure

network, format, system, arrangement, framework, complex, design, architecture, organization, formation, construction, house, edifice, fabric, make, conformation, texture, fabrication, anatomy, build

Words nearby Structure

structural psychology, structural steel, structural unemployment, structuralism, structuralize, structure, structured, structured programming, structureless, strudel, struggle

Origin of Structure

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin structūra, equivalent to struct(us) (past participle of struere to put together) + -ūra -ure

Other words from Structure

de·struc·ture , verb (used with object), de·struc·tured, de·struc·tur·ing.
in·ter·struc·ture , noun
non·struc·ture , noun
pre·struc·ture , verb (used with object), pre·struc·tured, pre·struc·tur·ing.

Word origin for Structure

C15: from Latin structūra, from struere to build

Synonyms for Structure

architecture, arrangement, complex, construction, design, format, formation, framework, network, organization, system, anatomy, build, configuration, conformation, fabric, fabrication, frame, interrelation, make, morphology, order, skeleton, texture