STRUCTURE


Meaning of STRUCTURE in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ basic , simple

▪ complex , elaborate

▪ coherent , logical

▪ rigid , stable

▪ flimsy

The flimsy ~ of the vehicle could not withstand even mild impacts.

▪ formal

▪ internal , underlying

▪ overall

The overall ~ of the book is divided into three components.

▪ solid , three-dimensional

▪ concrete , steel , wooden , etc.

▪ anatomical , body , bone , skeletal , skeleton

▪ atomic , cell , cellular , chemical , genetic , molecular

▪ grammatical , language , linguistic , sentence , syntactic

▪ narrative

▪ administrative , bureaucratic , command , committee , control , corporate , governance , hierarchical , institutional , management , organizational , power , etc.

the US military command ~

▪ economic , financial , political , social , etc.

the social ~ of the town

▪ democratic , federal , etc.

▪ class

▪ family , household

▪ traditional

policies that undermine the traditional family ~

▪ pay , price , salary , tax , wage

▪ career

VERB + STRUCTURE

▪ have

▪ lack

The job lacked a basic career ~.

▪ need

▪ be based on

▪ build , create , develop , devise , establish

to devise a new management ~

▪ form

The cells are stacked up to form a honeycomb ~.

▪ impose

▪ alter , change

STRUCTURE + VERB

▪ be based on sth

PREPOSITION

▪ of a … ~

The cell walls of plants are of a rigid ~.

▪ in a/the ~

There are weaknesses in the ~ of the organization.

PHRASES

▪ a change in the ~ , a change to the ~

significant changes in the power ~

▪ a lack of ~

The novel suffers from a lack of ~.

II.

verb

ADVERB

▪ beautifully , carefully , clearly , properly ( esp. BrE ), well

She had ~d her arguments very carefully.

▪ badly

▪ loosely

a loosely ~d organization

▪ rigidly , tightly

a tightly ~d drama

▪ differently , similarly

▪ formally , hierarchically , logically

PREPOSITION

▪ according to

The organization is ~d according to business principles.

▪ around

The teaching is ~d around three topics.

▪ as

The nation was ~d as a federation of states.

▪ by

Relations between women and men are ~d by gender.

▪ into

The company is ~d into two divisions.

PHRASES

▪ highly ~d

a complex but highly ~d procedure

Structure is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ deal , ↑ idea

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .