Definitions for structure

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structure struc·ture

Spelling: [struhk-cher]

IPA: /ˈstrʌk tʃər/

Structure is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 186 anagrams from letters in structure (cerrsttuu).

Definitions for structure

noun

1. mode of building, construction, or organization; arrangement of parts, elements, or constituents:
2. something built or constructed, as a building, bridge, or dam.
3. a complex system considered from the point of view of the whole rather than of any single part:
4. anything composed of parts arranged together in some way; an organization.
5. the relationship or organization of the component parts of a work of art or literature:
6. Biology. mode of organization; construction and arrangement of tissues, parts, or organs.
7. Geology. the attitude of a bed or stratum or of beds or strata of sedimentary rocks, as indicated by the dip and strike. the coarser composition of a rock, as contrasted with its texture.
8. Chemistry. the manner in which atoms in a molecule are joined to each other, especially in organic chemistry where molecular arrangement is represented by a diagram or model.
9. Sociology. the system or complex of beliefs held by members of a social group. the system of relations between the constituent groups of a society. the relationship between or the interrelated arrangement of the social institutions of a society or culture, as of mores, marriage customs, or family. the pattern of relationships, as of status or friendship, existing among the members of a group or society.
10. the pattern of organization of a language as a whole or of arrangements of linguistic units, as phonemes, morphemes or tagmemes, within larger units.

verb (used with object)

1. to give a structure, organization, or arrangement to; construct or build a systematic framework for:

Origin of structure

1400-50; late Middle English Latin structūra, equivalent to struct(us) (past participle of struere to put together) + -ūra -ure

Examples for structure

And a small battery hidden in the structure can store power, which can be used to keep highly efficient LEG bulbs lit at night.

He tried to frighten the ladies by telling them the structure was shaking.

Like a huge sloth he drew himself to the roof of the structure.

I could push the wagon about with one hand, so light was its structure.

Like the cerebrum, the cerebellum has two hemispheres, separated by a structure called the vermis.

Thence it was an easy task to get on top of the structure in which the dance was being held.

Our first object must be to study the structure of the animal.

This structure is particularly destructive for children in low-income families.

Growth in one body part often affects size and structure of other body parts.

The piece of metal was held up to the place in the structure where the window had been covered over.