construction
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construction Definition
(n)
the
act
of
constructing
or
building
something
; "
during
the
construction
we
had
to
take
a
detour
"; "
his
hobby
was
the
building
of
boats
"
(n)
the
commercial
activity
involved
in
constructing
buildings
; "
their
main
business
is
home
construction
"; "
workers
in
the
building
trades
"
(n)
a
thing
constructed
;
a
complex
construction
or
entity
; "
the
structure
consisted
of
a
series
of
arches
"; "
she
wore
her
hair
in
an
amazing
construction
of
whirls
and
ribbons
"
(n)
a
group
of
words
that
form
a
constituent
of
a
sentence
and
are
considered
as
a
single
unit
; "
I
concluded
from
his
awkward
constructions
that
he
was
a
foreigner
"
(n)
the
creation
of
a
construct
;
the
process
of
combining
ideas
into
a
congruous
object
of
thought
(n)
an
interpretation
of
a
text
or
action
; "
they
put
an
unsympathetic
construction
on
his
conduct
"
(n)
drawing
a
figure
satisfying
certain
conditions
as
part
of
solving
a
problem
or
proving
a
theorem
; "
the
assignment
was
to
make
a
construction
that
could
be
used
in
proving
the
Pythagorean
theorem
"
construction Synonyms
building
construction
expression
grammatical construction
mental synthesis
structure
twist
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