"structure" meaning in English

See structure in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈstrʌktʃə(r)/ [UK], /ˈstrʌktʃɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-structure.ogg [US] Forms: structure [singular], structures [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The structure of something is the way that it is put together.
    Sense id: simple-structure-en-noun-b1x43mNK
  2. A structure is something that has been built or put together, especially something big, such as a building.
    Sense id: simple-structure-en-noun-Wmx8wjoV

Verb

IPA: /ˈstrʌktʃə(r)/ [UK], /ˈstrʌktʃɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-structure.ogg [US] Forms: structure [canonical], structures [third-person, singular], structured [past], structured [past, participle], structuring [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|structur|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you structure something in a particular way, you organise or build it that way.
    Sense id: simple-structure-en-verb-2LkjBM~6
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