Meaning of structure | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
   countable, uncountable
2. third-person singular present indicative
3. To give form or arrangement to: structure a curriculum; structure one's day.
4. The underlying shape of a solid.
   countable, uncountable
5. second-person singular imperative
6. A usually permanent construction, such as a house or store:building, edifice, pile.
7. The overall form or organization of something.
   countable, uncountable
8. A set of rules defining behaviour.
   countable, uncountable
9. To create by combining parts or elements:build, compose, configure, form, pattern, shape.
10. Several pieces of data treated as a unit.
    countable, uncountable
11. of structure. You must get permission before making structural alterations to your house. struktureel تَركيبي estrutural stavební Struktur-... strukturel δομικόςestructural, de estructura ehituslik ساختاري rakenteellinen de structure מבני संरचनात्मक, इमारती strukturalni, građevni szerkezeti mengenai struktur byggingar- strutturale 構造上の 구조적 struktūrinis struktūras-; strukturāls mengenai struktur structureelkonstruksjons-, strukturellbudowlany, strukturalny درغښت estrutural de structură констру...
12. Underwater terrain or objects (such as a dead tree or a submerged car) that tend to attract fish
    uncountable
13. struktureel تَرْكيبيّا структурно estruturalmente stavebně Struktur-... strukturelt δομικά estructuralmente ehituslikult از لحاظ ساختاري rakenteellisesti structurellement מִבְּחִינַת הַמִבנֶה संरचनात्मक ढंग से strukturalno szerkezetileg secara struktural byggingarlega strutturalmente 構造上 구조적으로 struktūriškai strukturāli berstruktur structureelstrukturelt strukturalnie د ساختمان له پلوه estruturalmente structural конструктивно stavebne gradbeno strukturalno konstruktions-, byggnadsmässigt, stru...
14. A body, such as a political party, with a cohesive purpose or outlook.
    countable, uncountable
15. estructura; orden.
16. A set along with a collection of finitary functions and relations.
    countable, uncountable
17. Something made up of a number of parts that are held or put together in a particular way: hierarchical social structure.
18. The way in which parts are arranged or put together to form a whole; makeup: triangular in structure.
19. The interrelation or arrangement of parts in a complex entity: political structure; plot structure.
20. Something constructed, such as a building.

Equivalents

Examples

“The birds had built an amazing structure out of sticks and various discarded items.”

“The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement.”

“Built in the 1980s, the country’s Scott Base consists of 12 structures that officials want replaced by three large, interconnected buildings, plus a separate helicopter hangar.”

“He studied the structure of her face.”

“The structure of a sentence.”

“The structure of the society was still a mystery.”

“Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.”

“For some, the structure of school life was oppressive.”

“This structure contains both date and timezone information.”

“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.”

“The South African leader went off to consult with the structures.”

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