structure
Pronunciation: /ˈstɹʌk(t)ʃə/
The English word “structure” has 9 meanings listed here.
noun
- A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
- The underlying shape of a solid.
- The overall form or organization of something.
- A set of rules defining behaviour.
- Several pieces of data treated as a unit.
- Underwater terrain or objects (such as a dead tree or a submerged car) that tend to attract fish
- A body, such as a political party, with a cohesive purpose or outlook.
- A set along with a collection of finitary functions and relations.
verb
Etymology
From 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.
Keep exploring: in the interactive dictionary every word of a definition is a link. Open “structure” there
More English words
- structuration
- structurational
- structurationally
- structurationist
- structure sheaf
- structure-activity relationship
- structured
- structured finance
About this dictionary
The English dictionary on Glottosphere has 650,529 entries with a page. Browse the English dictionary.
Definitions are from Wiktionary, extracted by Kaikki.org, and are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.