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# structural

«structural» in Mova's school dictionary: **to do with the structure of something: how its parts are…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (structural)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Structural means to do with the structure of something: how its parts are built, joined or organised. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/structural/#m1)

2) Structural damage is damage to the main frame of a building or object, which can make it unsafe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/structural/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Science and design and technology: structural parts (beams, frames, triangles) hold a bridge or building up; triangles are strong structural shapes. Safety: after a fire, earthquake or flood, engineers check for structural damage before people go back in. English: structural features of a text are headings, paragraphs and order.

### examples

- The earthquake caused structural damage to the school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/structural/#x1)
- Triangles are strong structural shapes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/structural/#x2)
- A structural engineer checked the old bridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/structural/#x3)
- We looked at the structural features of a newspaper article. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/structural/#x4)
- The tower had a structural weakness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/structural/#x5)
- Steel beams give the building structural strength. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/structural/#x6)

### note

Adjective from «structure»; adverb «structurally» (structurally safe). Said «STRUK-chuh-rul».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «structural» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/structural/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.