1. Composition. La structure d'une roche.
2. Disposition.
3. Forme. La structure d'un végétal.
4. Organisation. La structure d'une société.
5. Ossature. La structure d'un bâtiment.
ETYM Cf. French arrangement.
1. An orderly grouping (of things or persons).
2. An organized structure for arranging or classifying; SYN. organization, organisation, system.
3. Something made by arranging ordered parts together; the result of arranging.
4. The act of arranging a piece of music; SYN. arranging.
ETYM Latin constructio: cf. French construction.
1. A group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit; SYN. expression.
2. An interpretation of a text or action; SYN. twist.
3. Drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem.
4. The act of constructing or building something; SYN. building.
5. The commercial activity involved in constructing buildings; SYN. building.
6. The creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought; SYN. mental synthesis.
ETYM Cf. dessein, dessin.
1. A decorative or artistic work; SYN. pattern, figure.
2. A preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something.
3. An arrangement scheme; SYN. plan.
4. The act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan); SYN. designing.
ETYM Latin aedificium, from aedificare: cf. French édifice. Related to Edify.
A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings.
Alternate (chiefly British) spelling for organization.
ETYM Cf. French organisation.
(Alternate spelling: organisation).
1. An ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized; SYN. organisation, system.
2. The activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically; SYN. organisation, arrangement.
3. The act of organizing a business or business-related activity; SYN. organisation.
4. A group of people who work together; SYN. organisation.
ETYM Latin structura, from struere, structum, to arrange, build, construct; perhaps akin to Eng. strew: cf. French structure. Related to Construe, Destroy, Instrument, Obstruct.
1. A particular complex anatomical structure; SYN. anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure.
2. A thing constructed; a complex construction or entity; SYN. construction.
3. The complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations.
4. The manner of construction of something and the disposition of its parts; SYN. architecture.
Having definite and highly organized structure