structure.
A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
Meaning & usage
A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
The birds had built an amazing structure out of sticks and various discarded items.
The underlying shape of a solid.
He studied the structure of her face.
The overall form or organization of something.
The structure of a sentence.
The structure of the society was still a mystery.
A set of rules defining behaviour.
For some, the structure of school life was oppressive.
Several pieces of data treated as a unit.
This structure contains both date and timezone information.
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.
A body, such as a political party, with a cohesive purpose or outlook.
The South African leader went off to consult with the structures.
A set along with a collection of finitary functions and relations.
Where this word comes from
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.
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.
Where this word comes from
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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