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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Structure \Struc"ture\, n. [L. structura, from struere,
     structum, to arrange, build, construct; perhaps akin to E.
     strew: cf. F. structure. Cf. Construe, Destroy,
     Instrument, Obstruct.]
     1. The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings;
        construction. [R.]
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              His son builds on, and never is content
              Till the last farthing is in structure spent. --J.
                                                    Dryden, Jr.
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     2. Manner of building; form; make; construction.
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              Want of insight into the structure and constitution
              of the terraqueous globe.             --Woodward.
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     3. Arrangement of parts, of organs, or of constituent
        particles, in a substance or body; as, the structure of a
        rock or a mineral; the structure of a sentence.
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              It [basalt] has often a prismatic structure. --Dana.
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     4. (Biol.) Manner of organization; the arrangement of the
        different tissues or parts of animal and vegetable
        organisms; as, organic structure, or the structure of
        animals and plants; cellular structure.
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     5. That which is built; a building; esp., a building of some
        size or magnificence; an edifice.
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              There stands a structure of majestic frame. --Pope.
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     Columnar structure. See under Columnar.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Structure \Struc"ture\, n. [L. structura, from struere,
     structum, to arrange, build, construct; perhaps akin to E.
     strew: cf. F. structure. Cf. Construe, Destroy,
     Instrument, Obstruct.]
     1. The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings;
        construction. [R.]
  
              His son builds on, and never is content Till the
              last farthing is in structure spent.  --J. Dryden,
                                                    Jr.
  
     2. Manner of building; form; make; construction.
  
              Want of insight into the structure and constitution
              of the terraqueous globe.             --Woodward.
  
     3. Arrangement of parts, of organs, or of constituent
        particles, in a substance or body; as, the structure of a
        rock or a mineral; the structure of a sentence.
  
              It [basalt] has often a prismatic structure. --Dana.
  
     4. (Biol.) Manner of organization; the arrangement of the
        different tissues or parts of animal and vegetable
        organisms; as, organic structure, or the structure of
        animals and plants; cellular structure.
  
     5. That which is built; a building; esp., a building of some
        size or magnificence; an edifice.
  
              There stands a structure of majestic frame. --Pope.
  
     Columnar structure. See under Columnar.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  structure
       n 1: a thing constructed; a complex construction or entity; "the
            structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore
            her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and
            ribbons" [syn: construction]
       2: the manner of construction of something and the arrangement
          of its parts; "artists must study the structure of the
          human body"; "the structure of the benzene molecule"
       3: the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their
          combinations; "his lectures have no structure"
       4: a particular complex anatomical structure; "he has good bone
          structure" [syn: anatomical structure, complex body
          part, bodily structure, body structure]
       5: the people in a society considered as a system organized by
          a characteristic pattern of relationships; "the social
          organization of England and America is very different";
          "sociologists have studied the changing structure of the
          family" [syn: social organization, social organisation,
           social structure, social system]
       v : give a structure to; "I need to structure my days"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  structure
     Γαλλικά n.
     η δομή, η διάρθρωση

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  structure
     Latin part.p.
     (inflection of la strūctūrus  voc m s)
     n.
     A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To give structure to; to arrange.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  structure
     n.
     A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To give structure to; to arrange.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  structure
     Latin part.p.
     (inflection of la strūctūrus  voc m s)
     n.
     A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To give structure to; to arrange.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  structure
     Latin part.p.
     (inflection of la strūctūrus  voc m s)
     n.
     A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To give structure to; to arrange.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  structure
     Ranska n.
     rakenne, struktuuri

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  structure
     Engelska n.
     1 struktur, uppbyggnad
     2 konstruktion, något som är sammansatt flera komponenter, ofta
  syftande på byggnad
     Engelska vb.
     strukturera

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  structure /stɹˈʌktʃə/
  struktuur

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Structure /stɹˈʌktʃə/
  التركيب

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  structure //ˈstɹʌk(t)ʃə(ɹ)// //ˈstɹʌkt͡ʃɚ// /[ˈstɹɐk(t)ʃə(ɹ)]/ /[ˈstʃɹɐktʃə]/ 
  1. структу́ра, структура
  cohesive whole built up of distinct parts
  2. организираност, структура
  overall form or organization of something
  3. устройство
  set of rules defining behaviour
  4. структура, строеж
  underlying shape of a solid

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  structure //ˈstɹʌk(t)ʃə(ɹ)// //ˈstɹʌkt͡ʃɚ// /[ˈstɹɐk(t)ʃə(ɹ)]/ /[ˈstʃɹɐktʃə]/ 
  структурирам
  (transitive) to give structure to; to arrange