structure

  • 21structure — I UK [ˈstrʌktʃə(r)] / US [ˈstrʌktʃər] noun Word forms structure : singular structure plural structures *** 1) a) [countable/uncountable] the way in which the parts of something are organized or arranged into a whole a sales organization with a… …

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  • 22structure — struc|ture1 W2S3 [ˈstrʌktʃə US ər] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: structura act of building , from struere to make into a pile, build ] 1.) [U and C] the way in which the parts of something are connected with each other and form a whole, or …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23structure — n. 1) (ling.) to generate a structure 2) (ling.) a deep; intermediate; surface structure 3) (pol.) a power structure 4) (physics) molecular structure 5) a corporate; economic, financial; political; price; tax; wage structure * * * [ strʌktʃə]… …

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  • 24structure — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin structura, from structus, past participle of struere to heap up, build more at strew Date: 15th century 1. the action of building ; construction 2. a. something (as a building) that is constructed b.… …

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  • 25STRUCTURE — s. f. La manière dont un édifice est bâti. La structure de ce bâtiment est agréable. Ce palais est d une structure solide. Belle structure. Structure magnifique. Structure légère.   La structure du corps humain, La manière dont le corps humain… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 26structure — struc|ture1 [ strʌktʃər ] noun *** 1. ) count something large such as a building or a bridge that is built from different parts: The boulevard is lined with modern steel and glass structures. 2. ) count or uncount the way in which the parts of… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 27structure — crystal structure defect structure linear structure linear elastic structure macrostructure microstructure statically determinate structure statically indeterminate structure Widmanstatten structure structure …

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  • 28structure — [[t]strʌ̱ktʃə(r)[/t]] ♦♦ structures, structuring, structured 1) N VAR: usu with supp, oft N of n The structure of something is the way in which it is made, built, or organized. The typical family structure of Freud s patients involved two parents …

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  • 29structure — 1 noun 1 PARTS FORMING A WHOLE (U) the way in which the parts of something are connected with each other and form a whole: the structure of the brain | sentence structure 2 BUILDING/BRIDGE ETC (C) a large building, bridge etc, especially one that …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 30structure — Synonyms and related words: Dymaxion house, IC analysis, Platonic form, Platonic idea, White House, action, adobe house, aesthetic form, anagnorisis, anatomy, angle, appositive, archetype, architectonics, architecture, argument, arrange,… …

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