structure
A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
Example
“The birds had built an amazing structure out of sticks and various discarded items.”
Other meanings
The underlying shape of a solid.
“He studied the structure of her face.”
The overall form or organization of something.
“The structure of a sentence.”
Synonyms
- construction
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "structūra".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “structure” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.