structure — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

1. A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.

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   Synonyme

   formation

   Beispiele

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

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   The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement.

   Built in the 1980s, the country’s Scott Base consists of 12 structures that officials want replaced by three large, interconnected buildings, plus a separate helicopter hangar.

2. The underlying shape of a solid.

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   Synonyme

   formation

   Beispiele

   He studied the structure of her face.

3. The overall form or organization of something.

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   Synonyme

   makeupconfiguration

   Beispiele

   The structure of a sentence.

   The structure of the society was still a mystery.

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   Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.

4. A set of rules defining behaviour.

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   For some, the structure of school life was oppressive.

5. Several pieces of data treated as a unit.

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   This structure contains both date and timezone information.

6. Underwater terrain or objects (such as a dead tree or a submerged car) that tend to attract fish

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

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

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

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Verb

1. To give structure to; to arrange.

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   Verwandte Wörter

   infrastructuremacrostructuremicrostructurerestructurestructuralstructuralismstructuraliststructuredsubstructuresuperstructureunstructured

   Beispiele

   I'm trying to structure my time better so I'm not always late.

   I've structured the deal to limit the amount of money we can lose.

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   Next, let’s structure (42c) The girl walked. The verb walked is like slept: an intransitive verb V₀. Its dependent is a subject noun, girl. The noun girl has as its dependent the determiner the, […]

Substantiv

1. a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts

   Synonyme

   construction

   Oberbegriffe

   artifactartefact

   Beispiele

   the structure consisted of a series of arches

   she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons

2. the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts

   Oberbegriffe

   constitutioncompositionphysical compositionmakeupmake-up

   Beispiele

   artists must study the structure of the human body

   the structure of the benzene molecule

3. the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations

   Oberbegriffe

   cognitionknowledgenoesis

   Beispiele

   his lectures have no structure

4. a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement

   Synonyme

   anatomical structurecomplex body partbodily structurebody structure

   Oberbegriffe

   body part

   Beispiele

   he has good bone structure

5. the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships

   Synonyme

   social organizationsocial organisationsocial structuresocial system

   Oberbegriffe

   systemscheme

   Beispiele

   the social organizations of England and America are very different

   sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family

Verb

1. give a structure to

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   organizeorganisecoordinate

   Beispiele

   I need to structure my days