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structure > 6 senses
NOUN	1	structure, construction	A thing constructed
	2	structure	The manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts
	3	structure	The complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations
	4	structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure	A particular complex anatomical part
	5	structure, social organization, social organisation, social structure, social system	The people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships
VERB	1	structure	Give a structure to

structure > pronunciation
Sounds	strah'kcher
Rhymes	acupuncture, adventure, agriculture / Agriculture, and 99 more rhymes in cher...

structure > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	A thing constructed. A complex entity constructed of many parts.
Examples	"the structure consisted of a series of arches"
Synonyms	construction
Parts	foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure; plate; structural member
Broader	artifact, artefact
Narrower	airdock, hangar, repair shed; altar; arcade, colonnade; arch; area; balcony; balcony; bascule; boarding; body; bridge, span; building, edifice; building complex, complex; catchment; coil, spiral, volute, whorl, helix; colonnade; column, pillar; corner, quoin; cross; deathtrap; defensive structure, defense, defence; door; entablature; erection; establishment; floor, level, storey, story; fountain; house of cards, cardhouse, card-house, cardcastle; housing, lodging, living accommodations; hull; jungle gym; lamination; landing, landing place; lookout, observation tower, lookout station, observatory; masonry; memorial, monument; mound, hill; obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimenta; partition, divider; platform, weapons platform; porch; post and lintel; prefab; projection; public works; set-back, setoff, offset; shelter; shoebox; signboard, sign; stadium, bowl, arena, sports stadium; superstructure; supporting structure; tower; transept; trestlework; vaulting; ways, shipway, slipway; wellhead; wind tunnel; honeycomb; balance, equilibrium, equipoise, counterbalance

structure > noun 2, attribute
Meaning	The manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts.
Examples	"artists must study the structure of the human body"; "the structure of the benzene molecule"
Broader	constitution, composition, makeup
Narrower	infrastructure, substructure; computer architecture, architecture; cytoarchitecture, cytoarchitectonics; framework, fabric
Adjectives	structural
Verbs	structure

structure > noun 3, cognition
Meaning	The complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations.
Examples	"his lectures have no structure"
Broader	cognition, knowledge, noesis
Narrower	arrangement, organization, organisation, system; form, shape, pattern; syntax, sentence structure, phrase structure; morphology, sound structure, syllable structure, word structure
Adjectives	structural
Verbs	structure

structure > noun 4, body
Meaning	A particular complex anatomical part.
Examples	"he has good bone structure"
Synonyms	anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
Broader	body part
Narrower	layer; apodeme; calyculus, caliculus, calycle; tooth; pad; gill slit, branchial cleft, gill cleft; gill arch, branchial arch, gill bar; peristome; syrinx; bulb; carina; cauda; chiasma, chiasm, decussation; cingulum; concha; filament, filum; germ; infundibulum; interstice; landmark; limbus; rib; blade; radicle; plexus, rete; tube, tube-shaped structure; passage, passageway; fundus; funiculus; head; cavity, bodily cavity, cavum; root, tooth root; capsule; uvea; membranous labyrinth; bony labyrinth, osseous labyrinth; glans; alveolar bed; valve; vascular structure; lacrimal apparatus; cytoskeleton; nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser; centromere, kinetochore; aster; neural structure; fold, plica; gyrus, convolution; cartilaginous structure; ball; plate; horny structure, unguis; skeletal structure; costa; head; bridge; rotator cuff; cornu; corona; receptor; zone, zona

structure > noun 5, group
Meaning	The people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships.
Examples	"sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family"
Synonyms	social organization, social organisation, social structure, social system
Member of	society
Members	political system, form of government
Broader	system, scheme
Narrower	feudalism, feudal system; patriarchy, patriarchate; matriarchy, matriarchate; meritocracy; pluralism; class structure; segregation, separatism

structure > verb, change
Meaning	Give a structure to.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples	"I need to structure my days"
Broader	organize, organise, coordinate
Narrower	restructure, reconstitute
Nouns	structure; structure

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