structure

Academic Word List, sublist 1.

About 149.51 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.

   The birds had built an amazing structure out of sticks and various discarded items.

2. noun The underlying shape of a solid.

   He studied the structure of her face.

3. noun The overall form or organization of something.

   The structure of a sentence.

4. noun A set of rules defining behaviour.

   For some, the structure of school life was oppressive.

5. noun Several pieces of data treated as a unit.

   This structure contains both date and timezone information.

6. noun 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.

7. noun A body, such as a political party, with a cohesive purpose or outlook.

   The South African leader went off to consult with the structures.

8. noun A set along with a collection of finitary functions and relations.

Similar words

construction architecture anatomical structure bodily structure body structure complex body part social organization social structure social system construct

Often followed by

of and is in that to for was which

Word family

structural structurally structured structureless structurelessness structurelessnesses structures structuring