struc·ture (str k ch r)n.1. Something made up of a number of parts that are held or put together in a particular way: hierarchical social structure. 2. The way in which parts are arranged or put together to form a whole; makeup: triangular in structure. 3. The interrelation or arrangement of parts in a complex entity: political structure; plot structure. 4. Something constructed, such as a building. 5. Biology a. The arrangement or formation of the tissues, organs, or other parts of an organism. b. An organ or other part of an organism. tr.v. struc·tured, struc·tur·ing, struc·tures To give form or arrangement to: structure a curriculum; structure one's day.
[Middle English, the process of building, from Latin str ctra, from strctus, past participle of struere, to construct; see ster-2 in Indo-European roots.] |
structure Noun 1. something that has been built or organized 2. the way the individual parts of something are made, built, or organized into a whole 3. the pattern of interrelationships within an organization, society, etc. 4. an organized method of working, thinking, or behaving 5. Chem the arrangement of atoms in a molecule of a chemical compound 6. Geol the way in which a rock is made up of its component parts Verb [-turing, -tured] to arrange (something) into an organized system or pattern: a structured school curriculum [Latin structura]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. |  structure - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"altar - a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made arcade, colonnade - a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns arch - (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it area - a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants" balcony - a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet balcony - an upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium bascule - a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw) body - the external structure of a vehicle; "the body of the car was badly rusted" bridge, span - a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc. building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" catchment - a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area) colonnade - structure consisting of a row of evenly spaced columns pillar, column - a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument) quoin, corner - (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone cross - a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece deathtrap - any structure that is very unsafe; where people are likely to be killed door - a structure where people live or work (usually ordered along a street or road); "the office next door"; "they live two doors up the street from us" entablature - (architecture) the structure consisting of the part of a classical temple above the columns between a capital and the roof erection - a structure that has been erected establishment - a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence false bottom - a horizontal structure that partitions a ship or box (especially one built close to the actual bottom) storey, floor, story, level - a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?" fountain - a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises guide - a structure or marking that serves to direct the motion or positioning of something hull - the frame or body of ship jungle gym - a structure of vertical and horizontal rods where children can climb and play | | 2. | structure - 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"computer architecture, architecture - (computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software; "the architecture of a computer's system software" fabric, framework - the underlying structure; "providing a factual framework for future research"; "it is part of the fabric of society" | | 3. | structure - the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations; "his lectures have no structure"organization, arrangement, organisation, system - an organized structure for arranging or classifying; "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"; "he tried to understand their system of classification" pattern, form, shape - a perceptual structure; "the composition presents problems for students of musical form"; "a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them" | | 4. | structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing; "he has good bone structure"layer - thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells apodeme - ridge-like ingrowth of the exoskeleton of an arthropod that supports internal organs and provides attachment points for muscles caliculus, calycle, calyculus - a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp) tooth - toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shell pad - the fleshy cushion-like underside of an animal's foot or of a human's finger branchial arch, gill arch, gill bar - one of the bony or cartilaginous arches on each side of the pharynx that support the gills of fishes and aquatic amphibians peristome - region around the mouth in various invertebrates syrinx - the vocal organ of a bird body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity bulb - a rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ carina - any of various keel-shaped structures or ridges such as that on the breastbone of a bird or that formed by the fused petals of a pea blossom cauda - any taillike structure cingulum - (anatomy) an encircling structure (as the ridge around the base of a tooth) concha - (anatomy) a structure that resembles a shell in shape filum, filament - a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells) germ - a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism infundibulum - any of various funnel-shaped parts of the body (but especially the hypophyseal stalk) interstice - a small structural space between tissues or parts of an organ; "the interstices of a network" landmark - an anatomical structure used as a point of origin in locating other anatomical structures (as in surgery) or as point from which measurements can be taken limbus - a border or edge of any of various body parts distinguished by color or structure rib - a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant blade - a broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue) radicle - (anatomy) a small structure resembling a rootlet (such as a fibril of a nerve) plexus, rete - a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels passageway, passage - a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass; "the nasal passages" fundus - (anatomy) the base of a hollow organ or that part of the organ farthest from its opening; "the uterine fundus"; "the fundus of the stomach" funiculus - any of several body structure resembling a cord head - that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves tooth root, root - the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support capsule - a structure that encloses a body part uvea - the part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid membranous labyrinth - the sensory structures of the inner ear including the labyrinthine receptors and the cochlea; contained within the bony labyrinth glans - a small rounded structure; especially that at the end of the penis or clitoris valve - a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it | | 5. | structure - 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"society - an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization feudal system, feudalism - the social system that developed in Europe in the 8th century; vassals were protected by lords who they had to serve in war patriarchy, patriarchate - a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line matriarchate, matriarchy - a form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line meritocracy - a form of social system in which power goes to those with superior intellects pluralism - a social organization in which diversity of racial or religious or ethnic or cultural groups is tolerated system, scheme - a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole; "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going" | | Verb | 1. | structure - give a structure to; "I need to structure my days"reconstitute, restructure - construct or form anew or provide with a new structure; "After his accident, he had to restructure his life"; "The governing board was reconstituted" |
structure noun 1. arrangement, form, make-up, make, design, organization, construction, fabric, formation, configuration, conformation, interrelation of parts  Translations
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structure [ˈstrʌktʃəʳ] n → estructura (= building); construcción f
structure [ˈstrʌktʃəʳ] n → structure f (= building); construction f
structure [ˈstrʌktʃəʳ] n → Struktur f, Aufbau m;
structure [ˈstrʌktʃəʳ] n → struttura (= building); costruzione f; fabbricato
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