Meaning

• A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.

  "The birds had built an amazing structure out of sticks and various discarded items."

• The underlying shape of a solid.

  "He studied the structure of her face."

• The overall form or organization of something.

  "The structure of a sentence."

• A set of rules defining behaviour.

  "For some, the structure of school life was oppressive."

• Several pieces of data treated as a unit.

  "This structure contains both date and timezone information."

• Underwater terrain or objects (such as a dead tree or a submerged car) that tend to attract fish

  "There's lots of structure to be fished along the west shore of the lake; the impoundment submerged a town there when it was built."

• A body, such as a political party, with a cohesive purpose or outlook.

  "The South African leader went off to consult with the structures."

• A set along with a collection of finitary functions and relations.

Meaning

• To give structure to; to arrange.

  "I'm trying to structure my time better so I'm not always late."