structure

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ basic, simple

▪ complex, elaborate

▪ coherent, logical

▪ rigid, stable

▪ flimsy

▪ The flimsy structure of the vehicle could not withstand even mild impacts.

▪ formal

▪ internal, underlying

▪ overall

▪ The overall structure of the book is divided into three components.

▪ solid, three-dimensional

▪ concrete, steel, wooden, etc.

▪ anatomical, body, bone, skeletal, skeleton

▪ atomic, cell, cellular, chemical, genetic, molecular

▪ grammatical, language, linguistic, sentence, syntactic

▪ narrative

▪ administrative, bureaucratic, command, committee, control, corporate, governance, hierarchical, institutional, management, organizational, power, etc.

▪ the US military command structure

▪ economic, financial, political, social, etc.

▪ the social structure of the town

▪ democratic, federal, etc.

▪ class

▪ family, household

▪ traditional

▪ policies that undermine the traditional family structure

▪ pay, price, salary, tax, wage

▪ career

VERB + STRUCTURE

▪ have

▪ lack

▪ The job lacked a basic career structure.

▪ need

▪ be based on

▪ build, create, develop, devise, establish

▪ to devise a new management structure

▪ form

▪ The cells are stacked up to form a honeycomb structure.

▪ impose

▪ alter, change

STRUCTURE + VERB

▪ be based on sth

PREPOSITION

▪ of a … structure

▪ The cell walls of plants are of a rigid structure.

▪ in a/the structure

▪ There are weaknesses in the structure of the organization.

PHRASES

▪ a change in the structure, a change to the structure

▪ significant changes in the power structure

▪ a lack of structure

▪ The novel suffers from a lack of structure.
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verb

ADVERB

▪ beautifully, carefully, clearly, properly (esp. BrE), well

▪ She had structured her arguments very carefully.

▪ badly

▪ loosely

▪ a loosely structured organization

▪ rigidly, tightly

▪ a tightly structured drama

▪ differently, similarly

▪ formally, hierarchically, logically

PREPOSITION

▪ according to

▪ The organization is structured according to business principles.

▪ around

▪ The teaching is structured around three topics.

▪ as

▪ The nation was structured as a federation of states.

▪ by

▪ Relations between women and men are structured by gender.

▪ into

▪ The company is structured into two divisions.

PHRASES

▪ highly structured

▪ a complex but highly structured procedure

Structure is used with these nouns as the object: ↑deal, ↑idea

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Synonyms:

Construction, make, form, arrangement, conformation, configuration, constitution, mode of building, manner of making / Formation, composition, arrangement of parts, texture / Edifice, fabric, building, erection, pile

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structure — [ stryktyr ] n. f. • 1528; « construction » XIVe; lat. structura, de struere « construire » 1 ♦ Manière dont un édifice est construit; agencement des parties d un bâtiment. ⇒aussi superstructure. « L immobile structure des cathédrales »… … Encyclopédie Universelle
structuré — structure [ stryktyr ] n. f. • 1528; « construction » XIVe; lat. structura, de struere « construire » 1 ♦ Manière dont un édifice est construit; agencement des parties d un bâtiment. ⇒aussi superstructure. « L immobile structure des cathédrales » … Encyclopédie Universelle
Structure — is a fundamental and sometimes intangible notion covering the recognition, observation, nature, and stability of patterns and relationships of entities. From a child s verbal description of a snowflake, to the detailed scientific analysis of the… … Wikipedia
structure — structure, social structure A term loosely applied to any recurring pattern of social behaviour; or, more specifically, to the ordered interrelationships between the different elements of a social system or society . Thus, for example, the… … Dictionary of sociology
Structure — Struc ture, n. [L. structura, from struere, structum, to arrange, build, construct; perhaps akin to E. strew: cf. F. structure. Cf. {Construe}, {Destroy}, {Instrument}, {Obstruct}.] 1. The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
structure — 1 *building, edifice, pile 2 Structure, anatomy, framework, skeleton are often used interchangeably. Structure is by far the richest in implications and the widest in its range of application. In general it denotes the formation, arrangement, and … New Dictionary of Synonyms
structure — STRUCTURE. s. f. La maniere dont un edifice est basti. La structure de ce bastiment est agreable. ce Palais est d une structure solide. On dit, La structure du corps humain, pour dire, La maniere dont le corps humain est composé, dont les parties … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
structure — I (composition) noun arrangement, configuration, constitution, design, disposition, essence, fabric, form, formation, layout, make up, organization, pattern, plan, set up, shape, style, substance II (edifice) noun building, establishment,… … Law dictionary
structure — [struk′chər] n. [ME < L structura < structus, pp. of struere, to heap together, arrange: see STREW] 1. manner of building, constructing, or organizing 2. something built or constructed, as a building or dam 3. the arrangement or… … English World dictionary
structure — [n1] makeup, form anatomy, architecture, arrangement, build, complex, configuration, conformation, construction, design, fabric, fabrication, format, formation, frame, framework, interrelation, make, morphology, network, order, organization,… … New thesaurus
structure — ► NOUN 1) the arrangement of and relations between the parts of something complex. 2) a building or other object constructed from several parts. 3) the quality of being well organized. ► VERB ▪ give structure to. ORIGIN Latin structura, from… … English terms dictionary

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