Structure

Noun

 * 1) A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
 * The birds had built an amazing structure out of sticks and various discarded items.
 * 1) The underlying shape of a solid.
 * He studied the structure of her face.
 * 1) The overall form or organization of something.
 * The structure of a sentence.
 * The structure of the society was still a mystery.
 * 1) A set of rules defining behaviour.
 * For some, the structure of school life was oppressive.
 * 1)  Several pieces of data treated as a unit.
 * This structure contains both date and timezone information.
 * 1)  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. 
 * 1) A body, such as a political party, with a cohesive purpose or outlook.
 * The South African leader went off to consult with the structures.
 * 1)  A set along with a collection of finitary functions and relations.

Synonyms

 * formation
 * formation
 * makeup, configuration

Derived terms

 * antistructure

Verb

 * 1)  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.

Adjectives for Structure
pyramidal; interesting; domineering; intricate; cosmical; rudimentary; ill-smelling; intended; fanciful;  economic;  serpentine; naked; mossy; asteriated; elaborate; circular; bonelike; metropolitan; solid; classical; dignified; ephemeral; ambitious; hideous; cellular; imposing; confused; rhythmical; chemical; vernacular; inner; stereotyped; cell; restless; inorganic; sensible; spiritual; streamlined; feathery; phantasmic; substantial; worldly; choral; patchwork; ecumenical; jointed; industrial; commodious; natural; unsightly; hair-growing; administrative; flexible; complicated; institutional; airy; continuous; underlying; ill-conceived; flimsy;  internal;   laminated;   graceful; grave; supporting; artistic; various (pi); unwieldy; rambling;  uniform;  fragile; stately; urbane; sensible; unambitious; synthetic; magnificent; patriarchal; barn-like.

Verbs for Structure
bind—; bore into—; complete—; elevate—; erect—; house in—; obliterate—;—; rebuild—; tear down—; threaten—; underlie—.

Thesaurus
Dymaxion house, IC analysis, Platonic form, Platonic idea, White House, action, adobe house, aesthetic form, anagnorisis, anatomy, angle, appositive, archetype, architectonics, architecture, argument, arrange, arrangement, array, art form, assemblage, assemble, assembly, atmosphere, attribute, attributive, background, build, build up, building, buildup, casa, cast, catastrophe, character, characterization, clarity, clear-cutness, clearness, cliff dwelling, coherence, color, combination, combine, complement, complex, complication, compose, composition, compound, concord, configuration, conformation, connectedness, consist of, consistency, constitute, constitution, construct, construction, construction modifier, consulate, continuity, contrivance, cool off, country house, country seat, crystallinity, cut, cutting, dacha, deanery, deep structure, definition, denouement, deploy, deployment, design, development, device, direct object, directness, disposal, dispose, disposition, distinctness, dwelling house, edifice, embassy, embodiment, embody, enter into, episode, erection, establishment, explicitness, fable, fabric, fabricate, fabrication, falling action, farm, farmhouse, fashion, fashioning, feel, figuration, figure, filler, finish, form, form-function unit, format, formation, frame, framework, function, genre, getup, gimmick, go into, grade, grain, granular texture, hall, harmonize, harmony, hierarchize, house, houseboat, immediate constituent analysis, impression, incident, incorporate, incorporation, indentation, indirect object, inner form, join, junction, knub, lake dwelling, lay out, layout, levels, limpidity, line, line up, lineup, living machine, local color, lodge, lucidity, make, make up, makeup, manor house, manse, marshal, marshaling, matrix, merge in, methodize, mix, mixture, modality, mode, model, modifier, mold, mood, morphology, motif, movement, mythos, nap, nature, network, normalize, nub, object, order, organization, organize, pacify, packaged house, parsonage, pattern, peace, pellucidity, penthouse, peripeteia, perspicuity, phrase structure, piece together, piecing together, pile, pit, plain English, plain speech, plain style, plainness, plan, plot, pock, predicate, prefab, prefabricated house, prefabrication, presidential palace, proportion, prototype, protuberance, put together, putting together, pyramid, qualifier, quiet, quietude, ranch house, rank, ranks, recognition, rectory, regularity, regularize, regulate, rising action, roof, routine, routinize, scheme, secondary plot, set, set up, setup, shag, shallow structure, shape, shaping, significant form, simplicity, skeleton, skyscraper, slant, slot, slot and filler, sod house, split-level, stamp, standardize, story, straightforwardness, strata, structuring, style, subject, subplot, superstructure, surface, surface structure, surface texture, switch, symmetry, syneresis, syntactic analysis, syntactic structure, syntactics, syntax, synthesis, synthesize, system, systematize, tagmeme, texture, thematic development, theme, tone, topic, tower, town house, tranquilize, tranquillity, transparency, transpicuity, turn, twist, type, unadorned style, unambiguousness, underlying structure, unequivocalness, uniformity, unite in, unmistakableness, vicarage, wale, weave, woof, word arrangement, word order

Etymology
< structure: <  structura: < struere:, past participle structus:. Compare construct, instruct, destroy, etc.

Noun

 * Arabic: هيكل
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 * Dutch: structuur
 * Esperanto: strukturo
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 * Irish: struchtúr
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 * Haitian Creole:
 * Irish: struchtúr


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 * Hungarian: felépítés
 * Irish: struchtúr
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 * Finnish:
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 * Irish: struchtúr
 * Japanese: 構造体


 * Hungarian:


 * : مبنى/شكل (mabna / shakel)
 * : estrutura (1,2,3,4)


 * : నిర్మాణము (nirmaaNamu) (1,3), ఆకారము (aakaaramu) (2)
 * : будова (budowa) (1,2,3,4)

Verb

 * Dutch: structureren
 * German: strukturieren


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Related terms

 * infrastructure
 * restructure
 * structural
 * structured
 * substructure
 * superstructure

Noun

 * 1) structure
 * Le plain-chant est la paraphrase aérienne et mouvante de l'immobile structure des cathédrales. (Huysmans, En route, 1895)

Etymology
From structura:

Derived terms

 * infrastructure
 * structurant
 * déstructurer
 * restructurer
 * structuration
 * structurellement
 * substructure
 * superstructure
 * restructurer
 * structuration
 * structurellement
 * substructure
 * superstructure
 * superstructure