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- DictionaryCon·struc·tion/kənˈstrəkSH(ə)n/
noun
- 1. the building of something, typically a large structure: "there was a skyscraper under construction" Similar buildingerectionputting upsetting upraisingestablishmentassemblymanufacturefabricationformingfashioningcontrivingcreationmaking
- ▪ the building of large structures considered as an industry. Similar buildingerectionputting upsetting upraisingestablishmentassemblymanufacturefabricationformingfashioningcontrivingcreationmaking
- ▪ the style or method used in the building of something: "the mill is of brick construction"
- ▪ a building or other structure. Similar structurebuildingedificeassemblypileframework
- ▪ the creation or formation of an abstract entity: "language plays a large part in our construction of reality"
- ▪ an interpretation or explanation: "you could put an honest construction upon their conduct" Similar interpretationreadingmeaningexplanationinferenceexplicationconstrualanalysisversionunderstandingviewimpressioninformal:take
- ▪ the arrangement of words according to syntactical rules: "sentence construction" Similar compositionformationstructureorganization
Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin constructio(n-), from construere ‘heap together’ (see construct).
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