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. — raggione
The structure isn't safe.
ruСтруктуру нельзя назвать безопасной. — odexed
deDas Gebäude ist nicht sicher. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The structure of the brain is complicated.
Мозок має складну структуру. — deniko
ruСтруктура мозга сложная. — FeuDRenais
deDie Struktur des Gehirns ist komplex. — pne
This is the most massive structure I've ever seen.
deDas ist die gewaltigste Struktur, die ich je gesehen habe. — Yorwba
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