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struck /strʌ k/ Struck is the past tense and past participle of strike .

struc|tur|al /strʌ ktʃərəl/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Structural means relating to or affecting the structure of something. □  The explosion caused little structural damage to the office towers themselves. ●  struc|tur|al|ly ADV [ADV adj/-ed] □  When we bought the house, it was structurally sound, but I decided to redecorate throughout.

stru c|tur|al en|gi|nee r (structural engineers ) N‑COUNT A structural engineer is an engineer who works on large structures such as roads, bridges, and large buildings.

struc|tur|al|ism /strʌ ktʃərəl I zəm/ N‑UNCOUNT Structuralism is a method of interpreting and analysing such things as language, literature, and society, which focuses on contrasting ideas or elements of structure and attempts to show how they relate to the whole structure. [TECHNICAL ]

struc|tur|al|ist /strʌ ktʃərəl I st/ (structuralists )

1 N‑COUNT A structuralist is someone whose work is based on structuralism.

2 ADJ [ADJ n] Structuralist is used to refer to people and things that are connected with structuralism. □  There are two main structuralist techniques incorporated into critical social research.

struc|ture ◆◆◇ /strʌ ktʃə ^r / (structures , structuring , structured )

1 N‑VAR The structure of something is the way in which it is made, built, or organized. □ [+ of ] The typical family structure of Freud's patients involved two parents and two children. □ [+ of ] The chemical structure of this particular molecule is very unusual.

2 N‑COUNT A structure is something that consists of parts connected together in an ordered way. □  The feet are highly specialised structures made up of 26 small delicate bones.

3 N‑COUNT A structure is something that has been built. □  About half of those funds has gone to repair public roads, structures and bridges.

4 VERB If you structure something, you arrange it in a careful, organized pattern or system. □ [V n] By structuring the course this way, we produce something companies think is valuable.

5 → see also report structure

strug|gle ◆◆◇ /strʌ g ^ə l/ (struggles , struggling , struggled )

1 VERB If you struggle to do something, you try hard to do it, even though other people or things may be making it difficult for you to succeed. □ [V prep] They had to struggle against all kinds of adversity. □ [V to-inf] Those who have lost their jobs struggle to pay their supermarket bills. [Also V ]

2 N‑VAR [N to-inf] A struggle is a long and difficult attempt to achieve something such as freedom or political rights. □ [+ for ] Life became a struggle for survival. □  …a young lad's struggle to support his poverty-stricken family. □ [+ with ] He is currently locked in a power struggle with his Prime Minister.

3 VERB If you struggle when you are being held, you twist, kick, and move violently in order to get free. □ [V ] I struggled, but he was a tall man, well-built.

4 VERB If two people struggle with each other, they fight. □ [V ] She screamed at him to 'stop it' as they struggled on the ground. □ [V + with ] There were signs that she struggled with her attacker. ● N‑COUNT Struggle is also a noun. □  He died in a struggle with prison officers.