noun
- A thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts.
- usage: "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"
- synonyms: construction
- The manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts.
- usage: "artists must study the structure of the human body"; "the structure of the benzene molecule"
- The complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations.
- usage: "his lectures have no structure"
- A particular complex anatomical part of a living thing.
- usage: "he has good bone structure"
- The people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships.
- usage: "the social organization of England and America is very different"; "sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family"
verb
- Give a structure to.
- usage: "I need to structure my days"
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