Tra từ structure - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. a thing constructed;
a complex entity constructed of many parts (Freq. 24)
- the structure consisted of a series of arches
- she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons
• Syn:
construction
• Hypernyms:
artifact, artefact
• Hyponyms:
airdock, hangar, repair shed, altar, arcade,
colonnade, arch, area, balcony, bascule, boarding,
body, bridge, span, building, edifice, building complex,
complex, catchment, coil, spiral, volute, whorl,
helix, column, pillar, corner, quoin, cross,
deathtrap, defensive structure, defense, defence, door, entablature,
erection, establishment, false bottom, floor, level, storey,
story, fountain, guide, 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, sail, 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
• Part Meronyms:
foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork,
substructure, understructure, plate, structural member
2. the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts (Freq. 13)
- artists must study the structure of the human body
- the structure of the benzene molecule
• Hypernyms:
constitution, composition, physical composition, makeup, make-up
• Hyponyms:
infrastructure, substructure, computer architecture, architecture, cytoarchitecture,
cytoarchitectonics, framework, fabric
3. the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations (Freq. 7)
- his lectures have no structure
• Hypernyms:
cognition, knowledge, noesis
• Hyponyms:
arrangement, organization, organisation, system, form,
shape, pattern, syntax, sentence structure, phrase structure, morphology,
sound structure, syllable structure, word structure
4. a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing (Freq. 3)
- he has good bone structure
• Syn:
anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
• Hypernyms:
body part
• Hyponyms:
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, lens nucleus, nucleus, 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, bridge, rotator cuff, cornu, corona,
receptor, zone, zona
5. 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
• Syn:
social organization, social organisation, social structure, social system
• Hypernyms:
system, scheme
• Hyponyms:
feudalism, feudal system, patriarchy, patriarchate, matriarchy,
matriarchate, meritocracy, pluralism, class structure, segregation, separatism
• Member Holonyms:
society
• Member Meronyms:
political system, form of government

II - verb

give a structure to (Freq. 1)
- I need to structure my days
• Hypernyms:
organize, organise, coordinate
• Hyponyms:
restructure, reconstitute
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something