Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having a well-defined structure or organization; highly organized.
- adjective Arranged in a definite pattern.
- adjective Psychology Having a limited number of correct or nearly correct answers. Used of a test.
- adjective Of or relating to a financial security that uses a complex or unusual financial structure, usually including derivatives, to provide regular interest payments and exposure to specific risks.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Biol.) Having a definite organic structure; showing differentiation of parts.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective having
structure ;organized - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
structure .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective resembling a living organism in organization or development
- adjective having definite and highly organized structure
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Examples
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However, Fauci noted that at least a dozen different teams around the world are studying the approach - which he calls structured intermittent therapy - and it will be at least a year before doctors know whether it is safe.
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She said her academic success stemmed from her teachers and her classes, which she called structured and challenging.
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Q: This gets us back to a middle ground of what you describe as structured human decisions.
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Q: This gets us back to a middle ground of what you describe as structured human decisions.
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Q: This gets us back to a middle ground of what you describe as structured human decisions.
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Q: This gets us back to a middle ground of what you describe as structured human decisions.
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Q: This gets us back to a middle ground of what you describe as structured human decisions.
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“Many flounder without precise guidelines but thrive in structured situations that provide clearly defined rules.”
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A program like Medicare, for instance, as currently structured, is likely to growth dramatically regardless of tax receipt, economic trends, or tax rates.
The Deficit Argument, II, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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“Many flounder without precise guidelines but thrive in structured situations that provide clearly defined rules.”
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