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Etymology

< French structure < Latin structura (“‘a fitting together, adjustment, building, erection, a building, edifice, structure’”) < struere, pp. structus (“‘pile up, arrange, assemble, build’”). Cf. construct, instruct, destroy, etc.

Pronunciation

Noun

Singular structure

Plural structures

structure (plural structures)

  1. A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
    The birds had built an amazing structure out of sticks and various discarded items.
  2. The underlying shape of a solid.
    He studied the structure of her face.
  3. The overall form or organization of something.
    The structure of a sentence.
    The structure of the society was still a mystery.
  4. A set of rules defining behaviour.
    For some, the structure of school life was oppressive.
  5. (computing) Several pieces of data treated as a unit.
    This structure contains both date and timezone information.
  6. (fishing, uncountable) Underwater terrain or objects (such as a dead tree or a submerged car) that tend to attract fish
    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.
  7. A body, such as a political party, with a cohesive purpose or outlook.
    The South African leader went off to consult with the structures.

Synonyms

Verb

Infinitive to structure

Third person singular structures

Simple past structured

Past participle structured

Present participle structuring

to structure (third-person singular simple present structures, present participle structuring, simple past and past participle structured)

  1. (transitive) To give structure to; to arrange.
    I'm trying to structure my time better so I'm not always late.
    I've structured the deal to limit the amount of money we can lose.

Translations

(transitive) to give structure to; to arrange
  • Dutch: structureren
  • German: strukturieren

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