Dictionary Home »
Webster's New World College Dictionary » structuring
structuring
Variant of structure
structure
definition
struc·ture (struk′c̸hər)
noun
- manner of building, constructing, or organizing
- something built or constructed, as a building or dam
- 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
- 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 structured -·tured, structuring -·tur·ing
to put together systematically; construct; organize
Related Forms:
- structureless struc′·ture·less adjective
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Comments
Improve this definition.
Share on Facebook