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structured

adj · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Having structure; organized.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of structure

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

Examples

  • He structured the loan with a twenty-year term.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

having definite and highly organized structure

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a structured environment

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unstructured

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

resembling a living organism in organization or development

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • society as an integrated whole

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: integrated

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English structure Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English structured From structure + -ed.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: estructuráu — having structure; organized
  • Belarusian: структурава́ны (strukturavány) — having structure; organized
  • Catalan: estructurat — having structure; organized
  • Czech: strukturovaný — having structure; organized
  • Danish: struktureret — having structure; organized
  • Dutch: gestructureerd — having structure; organized
  • French: structuré — having structure; organized
  • Galician: estruturado — having structure; organized
  • German: strukturiert — having structure; organized
  • Greek: δομημένος (domiménos) — having structure; organized
  • Hindi: व्यवस्थित (vyavasthit) — having structure; organized
  • Hindi: संगठित (saṅgṭhit) — having structure; organized
  • Hungarian: strukturált — having structure; organized
  • Indonesian: terstruktur — having structure; organized
  • Italian: strutturato — having structure; organized
  • Malay: distrukturkan — having structure; organized
  • Malay: berstruktur — having structure; organized
  • Portuguese: estruturado — having structure; organized
  • Romanian: structurat — having structure; organized
  • Russian: структури́рованный (strukturírovannyj) — having structure; organized
  • Spanish: estructurado — having structure; organized
  • Swedish: strukturerat — having structure; organized
  • Turkish: yapılandırılmış — having structure; organized
  • Turkish: yapısal — having structure; organized
  • Ukrainian: структуро́ваний (strukturóvanyj) — having structure; organized
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