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structure n.mid-15c., "action or process of building or construction;" 1610s, "that which is constructed, a building or edifice;" from Latin structura "a fitting together, adjustment; a building, mode of building;" figuratively, "arrangement, order," from structus, past participle of struere "to pile, place together, heap up; build, assemble, arrange, make by joining together," related to strues "heap," from PIE *streu-, extended form of root *stere- "to spread." structure v. "put together systematically," by 1855 (occasional use from late 16c.), from structure (n.). Related: Structured; structuring. updated on April 24, 2017 |