American English
/ˈstɹək.ʧɚ/
2 syllables · Stress the first syllable.
A building, bridge, or other physical thing, or the supporting parts that hold it together.
Practice out loudA building, bridge, or other physical thing, or the supporting parts that hold it together.
The steel structure can support a lot of weight.
They built a temporary structure for the festival.
steel structure · supporting structure · concrete structure
the structure of + noun
a/an + adjective + structure
The way the parts of something are arranged and connected.
I like the structure of this course.
The report needs a clearer structure.
English uses structure for the organization of ideas, not only for buildings.
sentence structure · organizational structure · story structure
the structure of + noun
something has a clear structure
To arrange the parts of something in a clear, planned way.
She structured the talk around three questions.
The course is structured in four units.
structure an argument · structure a lesson · structure a course
structure + something + around + something
something is structured around + something
The final e disappears before -ed and -ing: structured, structuring.