structurenoun
uk/ˈstrʌk.tʃər/us/ˈstrʌk.tʃɚ/structure noun (ARRANGEMENT)
B2 [ C or U ] the way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way:
the grammatical structure of a sentence
The structure of this protein is particularly complex.
They have a very old-fashioned management structure.
Some people like the sense of structure that a military lifestyle imposes.
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- The company has a complex organizational structure.
- We have a differential salary structure based on employees' experience.
- The report homed in on the weaknesses in the management structure.
- Microscopy is an invaluable technique for studying the structure of cells.
- Many organizations have a pyramid structure .
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Frames & structures
- anatomy
- armature
- assembly
- bezel
- carcass
- clothes hanger
- clothes horse
- coat hanger
- construction
- frame
- framework
- gantry
- hanger
- honeycomb
- infrastructure
- shell
- skeleton
- stand
- structural
- substructure
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structure noun (BUILDING)
C2 [ C ] something that has been made or built from parts, especially a large building:
The proposed new office tower is a steel and glass structure 43 storeys high.
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- a two-tiered structure
- a rigid steel and concrete structure
- Lightning conductors protect buildings and tall structures from lightning strikes.
- There was a large, ball-like structure on top of the building.
- In a two-stage operation, the multi-spoked steel structure will be raised to the vertical.
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Buildings in general
- -bedroomed
- building
- castellated
- construction
- convention centre
- edifice
- geodesic dome
- grand
- half-timbered
- heritage-listed building
- high-rise
- landmark
- multistorey
- newbuild
- Norman
- palatial
- Portakabin
- tower
- turret
- warren
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structure noun (BODY PART)
[ C ] specialized medical an organ in the body, or part of an organ, that does a particular job
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Substances & structures in the body
- abductor
- accessorius
- adductor
- agonist
- alveolus
- amyloid
- atheroma
- caecum
- grey matter
- gyrus
- hallucis
- hilum
- hilus
- lymph vessel
- peptic
- periosteum
- peritoneal
- peritoneum
- phosphatase
- vitreous humour
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structureverb [ T ]
uk/ˈstrʌk.tʃər/us/ˈstrʌk.tʃɚ/C2 to plan, organize, or arrange the parts of something:
We must carefully structure and rehearse each scene.
a well-structured argument
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Classifying and creating order
- alphabetize
- arrange
- arrangement
- catalogue
- categorize
- format
- kingdom
- lay sth out
- precedence
- prioritize
- put sth/sb in a pigeonhole idiom
- range
- reconstruct
- rejig
- stream
- topology
- track
- tracking
- triage
- umbrella
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