structure

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
  2. noun the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts
  3. noun the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations

Etymology

From Middle French structure, from Latin structūra (“a fitting together, adjustment, building, erection, a building, edifice, structure”), from struere, past participle structus (“pile up, arrange, assemble, build”). Compare construct, instruct, destroy, etc.

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construction

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