Structure (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. mode of building, construction, or organization; arrangement of parts, elements, or constituents: a pyramidal structure.
  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: the structure of modern science.
  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: the structure of a poem.
  6. 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. 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. social structure.
  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), struc·tured, struc·tur·ing.
  1. to give a structure, organization, or arrangement to; construct or build a systematic framework for: to structure a curriculum so well that a novice teacher can use it.
noun
  1. a complex construction or entity
  2. the arrangement and interrelationship of parts in a construction, such as a building
  3. the manner of construction or organization
  4. morphology; form
  5. the arrangement of atoms in a molecule of a chemical compound
  6. the way in which a mineral, rock, rock mass or stratum, etc, is made up of its component parts
  7. the act of constructing
verb
  1. to impart a structure to
Structure (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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