structure
A cohesive whole built up of distinct partsA cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
» There were some burned-out structures along the road.
Meaning
8 senses(countable, uncountable)A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
The birds had built an amazing structure out of sticks and various discarded items.
Struktur
структу́раstruktúra
структу́раstruktúra, спору́даsporúda
(countable, uncountable)The underlying shape of a solid.
He studied the structure of her face.
(countable, uncountable)The overall form or organization of something.
The structure of a sentence.
The structure of the society was still a mystery.
Struktur
структу́раstruktúra
структу́раstruktúra
(countable, uncountable)A set of rules defining behaviour.
For some, the structure of school life was oppressive.
(countable, uncountable)Several pieces of data treated as a unit.
This structure contains both date and timezone information.
Struktur, Datenstruktur
(uncountable)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.
(countable, uncountable)A body, such as a political party, with a cohesive purpose or outlook.
The South African leader went off to consult with the structures.
(countable, uncountable)A set along with a collection of finitary functions and relations.
- a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
- the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts
- a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement
- the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations
Examples
245 sentencesThere were some burned-out structures along the road.
These structures would rarely, if ever, occur in spoken English.
deDiese Strukturen würden in gesprochenem Englisch praktisch niemals vorkommen.
The structure isn't safe.
ruСтруктуру нельзя назвать безопасной.
deDas Gebäude ist nicht sicher.
The structure of the brain is complicated.
Мозок має складну структуру.
ruСтруктура мозга сложная.
deDie Struktur des Gehirns ist komplex.
This is the most massive structure I've ever seen.
deDas ist die gewaltigste Struktur, die ich je gesehen habe.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle French structure, from Latin structūra (“a fitting together, adjustment, buildFrom 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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Forms
plural: structures| Singular | structure |
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Synonyms
18 synonyms- a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts:construction
- a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement:anatomical structurecomplex body partbodily structurebody structure
- the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships:social organizationsocial organisationsocial structuresocial system
Word family
79 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable