construction
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English construccioun, construction, from Old French construction, from Latin cōnstructiō, from cōnstruere, present active infinitive of cōnstruō.
Morphologically construct + -ion.
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NounEdit
construction (countable and uncountable, plural constructions)
- The process of constructing.
- Construction is underway on the new bridge.
- Anything that has been constructed.
- The engineer marvelled at his construction.
- The trade of building structures.
- He had worked in construction all his life.
- A building, model or some other structure.
- The office was a construction of steel and glass.
- (art) A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.
- "Construction in string and clockwork" took first prize.
- The manner in which something is built.
- A thing of simple construction.
- 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad[1]:
- Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins like a veteran army that had marched down to drink, only to be stricken motionless at the water’s edge.
- (grammar) A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.
- The act or result of construing the meaning of something.
- American conservatives tend to favor strict construction of the Constitution.
- The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker.
- 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p. 95:
- He had considered sending Lucille away to stay with relations. But then people might have put the worst construction on it – might believe she had done something she shouldn't have.
- 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p. 95:
- (geometry) A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.
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terms derived from construction (noun)
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TranslationsEdit
process of constructing
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anything constructed
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trade of building
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structure
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artistic composition
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manner in which something is built
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grammar
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act or result of construing the meaning of something
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meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.
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geometric construction
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Further readingEdit
- construction in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- construction in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- construction at OneLook Dictionary Search
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin cōnstructiō, cōnstructiōnem.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
construction f (plural constructions)