Definition of construction

Definitions

Noun

the act of constructing something; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats"

Noun

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"

Noun

the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought

Noun

a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"

Noun

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"

Noun

an interpretation of a text or action; "they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct"

Noun

the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones; "their main business is home construction"; "workers in the building trades"

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Synonyms

building expression grammatical construction mental synthesis structure twist

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Antonyms

misconstruction

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More General Terms

artefact artifact business business enterprise cerebration commercial enterprise constituent creating from raw materials grammatical constituent intellection interpretation mathematical operation mathematical process mentation operation thinking thought thought process

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More Specific Terms

adjunct airdock altar arcade arch area arena assembly balance balcony bascule boarding body bowl bridge building building complex cardcastle cardhouse card-house catchment clause coil colonnade column complement complex corner counterbalance crenelation crenellation cross crystallization deathtrap defence defense defensive structure divider door dry walling edifice entablature equilibrium equipoise erecting erection establishment fabrication false bottom floor fountain gestation grading guide hangar helix hill honeycomb house of cards house-raising housing hull impediment impedimenta involution jerry-building jungle gym lamination landing landing place level leveling living accommodations lodging lookout lookout station masonry memorial monument mound observation tower observatory obstructer obstruction obstructor offset partition phrase pillar platform porch post and lintel predicator prefab projection public works quadrature quoin repair shed road construction rustication sail set-back setoff shelter ship building shipbuilding shipway shoebox sign signboard slipway span spiral sports stadium stadium storey story superstructure supporting structure tower transept trestlework vaulting volute ways weapons platform wellhead whorl wind tunnel

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