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structure
n. building; construction, something that has been built; something created from a number of interconnecting parts; manner in which something is constructed; anatomical structure; social system, social organization; (Grammar) basic arrangement of parts in a spoken communication or written communication
 
v. organize, arrange, give form to


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Structure
Structure is a fundamental and sometimes intangible notion covering the recognition, observation, nature, and stability of patterns and relationships of entities. From a child's verbal description of a snowflake, to the detailed scientific analysis of the properties of magnetic fields, the concept of structure is an essential foundation of nearly every mode of inquiry and discovery in sciencephilosophy, and art.
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structure
Noun
1. a thing constructed; a complex construction or entity; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"
(synonym) construction
(hypernym) artifact, artefact
(hyponym) airdock, hangar, repair shed
(part-meronym) foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure
2. 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"
(hypernym) constitution, composition, makeup
(hyponym) infrastructure, substructure
3. the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations; "his lectures have no structure"
(hypernym) cognition, knowledge, noesis
(hyponym) arrangement, organization, organisation, system
4. a particular complex anatomical structure; "he has good bone structure"
(synonym) anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
(hypernym) body part
(hyponym) layer
5. 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"
(synonym) social organization, social organisation, social structure, social system
(hypernym) system, scheme
(hyponym) feudalism, feudal system
(member-holonym) society
(member-meronym) political system, form of government
Verb
1. give a structure to; "I need to structure my days"
(hypernym) organize, organise, coordinate
(hyponym) restructure, reconstitute


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structure (f)
n. structure, framework; system, organization; building; texture, fabric
 
structurer
v. structure, organize

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Structure
(n.)
The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.
  
 
(n.)
That which is built; a building; esp., a building of some size or magnificence; an edifice.
  
 
(n.)
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.
  
 
(n.)
Manner of building; form; make; construction.
  
 
(n.)
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.
  

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