1. (

• structure ,
• construction

) a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" ;

2. (

• structure

) the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts; "artists must study the structure of the human body"; "the structure of the benzene molecule" ;

3. (

• structure

) the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations; "his lectures have no structure" ;

4. (

• structure ,
• anatomical_structure ,
• complex_body_part ,
• bodily_structure ,
• body_structure

) a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement; "he has good bone structure" ;

5. (

• social_organization ,
• social_organisation ,
• social_structure ,
• social_system ,
• structure

) the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships; "the social organization of England and America is very different"; "sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family" ;

1. (

• structure

) give a structure to; "I need to structure my days" ;