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| structured | |
| 1. adj. having structure; organized |  |
| He structured the loan with a twenty-year term. | |
| structure | |
| 1. n. A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts. | |
| The birds had built an amazing structure out of sticks and various discarded items. | |
| 2. n. The underlying shape of a solid. | |
| He studied the structure of her face. | |
| 3. n. The overall form or organization of something. | |
| The structure of a sentence. | |
| The structure of the society was still a mystery. | |
| 4. n. A set of rules defining behaviour. | |
| For some, the structure of school life was oppressive. | |
| 5. n. (computing) Several pieces of data treated as a unit. | |
| This structure contains both date and timezone information. | |
| 6. n. (fishing) 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. | |
| 7. n. A body, such as a political party, with a cohesive purpose or outlook. | |
| The South African leader went off to consult with the structures. | |
| 8. n. (logic) A set along with a collection of finitary functions and relations. | |
| 9. v. To give structure to; to arrange. | |
| I'm trying to structure my time better so I'm not always late. | |
| I've structured the deal to limit the amount of money we can lose. | |
