structure
part of speech
noun (a structure, structures; also uncountable); verb (structure, structures, structured, structuring)
meaning for a pupil
1) A structure is something that has been built, like a bridge, tower or building. tree →
2) The structure of something is how its parts are arranged and fit together. tree →
3) Structure means order and organisation. tree →
4) verb: To structure something means to plan and arrange its parts. tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: In Sefer Yetzirah the world is built from patterns such as the ten sefirot and the letters. One modern reading says the sefirot hold back chaos (tohu) so that order can exist. In Kings and Ezekiel "structure" is the building of side-chambers around the Temple, carefully measured in cubits. In the primary lessons: In science and technology: structures must be strong and stable; triangles make structures stronger. In English: the structure of a story (beginning, middle, end) or sentence. In biology: the structure of a plant or cell. Phrases: sentence structure, the structure of, build a structure.
examples
- A soft and hard structure, a strong and weak structure. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
- I base it off an interpretation of the SY’s internal structure, the semantic properties of the root ספ״ר SPR, and the SY’s general grammatical inventiveness. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
- In this interpretation, they are ten elemental entities or properties which bind or restrain primordial תֹּהוּ tohu, 'chaos, void, waste(land)' [Genesis 1:2], allowing structure and order to exist in creation. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
- And he built the stories of the side-structure against all the house, each five cubits high; and they rested on the house with timber of cedar. (Prophets 1KI.6.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- The breadth of the outer wall which belonged to the side-chambers was five cubits; and so that which was left by the structure of the side-chambers that belonged to the house. (Prophets EZK.41.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- And against the wall of the house he built a side-structure round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the sanctuary; and he made side-chambers round about; (Prophets 1KI.6.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- The Eiffel Tower is a famous metal structure. tree →
- We built a structure from straws and tape. tree →
- Triangles make a structure stronger. tree →
- Look at the structure of the story. tree →
- The structure of a flower includes petals and stamens. tree →
- Structure your essay with paragraphs. tree →
- Children need structure in their day. tree →
- All these structures were built neither of stone nor wood. tree →
note
Countable or uncountable. Adjective: structural. In maths and technology: a frame of triangles does not change shape when pushed; a square frame does.
In the corpora
- The Great Barrier Reef off Australia is about 2,300 km long and is the largest structure built by living things.
- Builders think about two kinds of force inside a structure.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «structure» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.