Question

Read the excerpts from Samuel Johnson’s preface to A Dictionary of the English Language.

Excerpts from Samuel Johnson's preface to A Dictionary of the English Language.

In both excerpts, the word structure refers to the

ways a dictionary is assembled.
organization of alphabetical entries.
components, or parts, of words.
places, or institutions, that house books.

Answer 1

organization of alphabetical entries

Johnson uses "structure" to mean how the dictionary's entries are arranged and organized (the ordering and arrangement of words and their definitions).