Definition of "structure"

structure

/ˈstɹʌk(t)ʃə(ɹ)/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural structures
1. A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
  Quotations
  The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement.
  1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess‎
2. The underlying shape of a solid.
3. The overall form or organization of something.
  Quotations
  Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.
  2012 March, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, in American Scientist‎, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 19 February 2013, page 106
4. A set of rules defining behaviour.
5. (computing) Several pieces of data treated as a unit.
6. (fishing, uncountable) Underwater terrain or objects (such as a dead tree or a submerged car) that tend to attract fish
7. A body, such as a political party, with a cohesive purpose or outlook.
8. (logic) A set along with a collection of finitary functions and relations.
verb
third-person singular simple present structures, present participle structuring, simple past and past participle structured
1. (transitive) To give structure to; to arrange.