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Antonyms for structure

Grammar : Noun
Spell : struhk-cher
Phonetic Transcription : ˈstrʌk tʃər

Definition of structure

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "action or process of building or construction," from Latin structura "a fitting together, adjustment, building," from structus, past participle of struere "to pile, build, assemble," related to strues "heap," from PIE *stere- "to spread, extend, stretch out" (cf. Sanskrit strnoti "strews, throws down;" Avestan star- "to spread out, stretch out;" Greek stronymi "strew," stroma "bedding, mattress," sternon "breast, breastbone;" Latin sternere "to stretch, extend;" Old Church Slavonic stira, streti "spread," strama "district;" Russian stroji "order;" Gothic straujan, Old High German strouwen, Old English streowian "to sprinkle, strew;" Old English streon "strain," streaw "straw, that which is scattered;" Old High German stirna "forehead," strala "arrow, lightning bolt;" Old Irish fo-sernaim "spread out," srath "a wide river valley;" Welsh srat "plain"). Meaning "that which is constructed, a building or edifice" is from 1610s.
  • noun makeup, form
  • noun building
Example sentences :
  • Like a huge sloth he drew himself to the roof of the structure.
  • Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
  • I could push the wagon about with one hand, so light was its structure.
  • Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
  • Thence it was an easy task to get on top of the structure in which the dance was being held.
  • Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
  • Our first object must be to study the structure of the animal.
  • Extract from : « The Present Condition of Organic Nature » by Thomas H. Huxley
  • On the side facing the highway the structure was more solid.
  • Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola
  • He tried to frighten the ladies by telling them the structure was shaking.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • This is one of the neatest plants of this structure in our woods.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • Some imitate coral in structure and some seem to be a mass of spines.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • The structure of taxation should be harmonious and symmetrical.
  • Extract from : « Government Ownership of Railroads, and War Taxation » by Otto H. Kahn
  • The difference is one in the structure of the atomic elements.
  • Extract from : « The Machinery of the Universe » by Amos Emerson Dolbear

Synonyms for structure

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