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structure Definition

struc·ture (struk′c̸hər)

noun

  1. manner of building, constructing, or organizing
  2. something built or constructed, as a building or dam
  3. the arrangement or interrelation of all the parts of a whole; manner of organization or construction the structure of the atom, the structure of society
  4. something composed of interrelated parts forming an organism or an organization

Etymology: ME < L structura < structus, pp. of struere, to heap together, arrange: see strew

transitive verb -·tured, -·tur·ing

to put together systematically; construct; organize

structure Related Forms
struc′·ture·less adjective
structure Synonyms

structure

n.

  1. Construction

    arrangement, composition, fabrication; see formation 1.

  2. A building

    construction, edifice, house; see building 1. See syn. study at building.

structure Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • protein: Knowledge of the structure of proteins enables scientists to understand the function they perform.

Converse of object

  • determine: You should be aware that some planning is required to determine the structure of your web site.
  • grade: Once a new grading structure is agreed, all jobs will be assigned to a specific grade, determined by their HERA point score.
  • solve: Over time we hope to provide details of all structures solved within the SBG.
  • exist: We have to adapt the existing structures to ensure we get the best out of the NHS reforms.
  • describe: Ms McElhinney: I will begin by describing the structure of the school system in the Republic of Ireland.
  • define: This approach defines the structure as an assembly of its individual elements.

Adjective modifier

  • organizational: This allows any organizational structure to be modeled in the tree.
  • hierarchical: However, the use of relative links depends on the original URL containing a hierarchical structure against which the relative link is based.
  • internal: These problems are a consequence of the internal structures those file systems laid over.
  • molecular: Gview recognizes the format of the molecular structure by the extension of the file.
  • complex: The use of a series of masks, each aligned to the surface of the material, allows quite complex structures to be fabricated.
  • existing: The latter often see existing structures of official support as inter-related with their families and community.

Modifies a noun

  • determination: The next step is the structure determination by Patterson or direct methods, but do not eliminate more than 50 % .

Noun used with modifier

  • crystal: Explore at right an example of a crystal structure of the myosin head with associated light chains.
  • data: It does not allow data structures to be represented.
  • pricing: There are simply 3 packages to choose from, Show Only, Basic and Platinum with a simple pricing structure.
  • protein: X-ray crystallography can thus be used to determine three-dimensional protein structures.
  • governance: They will have a two-tier governance structure - a Management Board and a Board of Governors.
  • directory: NOTE: HTML documents are not viewable from within the cgi-bin directory structure.
structure Quotes

The grand manner consists of four elements: subject or theme, concept, structure, and style. The first requirement, fundamental to all the others, is that the subject and the narrative be grandiose, such as battles, heroic actions, and religious themes.

—Poussin, Nicolas

The glittering structure of her cultivation sits on her novels like a rather showy icing that detracts from the cake beneath.

—Auchincloss, Louis Stanton

It's all honourable enough in its way, but it creates societies which simply cannot sustain any kind of democratic structure. It always leads to totalitarian and corrupt tyrannies† There's no tradition of moral individual courage in Chinese culture.

—Mo,Timothy

Literature is conscious mythology: as society develops, its mythical stories become structural principles of story-telling, its mythical concepts, sun-gods and the like, become habits of metaphoric thought. In a fully mature literary tradition the writerenters intoa structure of traditional stories and images.

—Frye, Northrop

Styleandstructurearetheessence ofa book; great ideas are hogwash.

—Nabokov,Vladimir

   Science is intimately integrated with the whole social structure and cultural tradition. They mutually support one anotheröonly in certain types of society can science flourish, and conversely without a continuous and healthy development and application of science such a society cannot function properly.

—Parry, Sir Charles Hubert Hastings