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construction

/ construction /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
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"
Type of:
mathematical process mathematical operation operation
Kinds of:
quadrature
Derived:
construct
noun Sense 2
the act of constructing or building something
"during the construction we had to take a detour"
"his hobby was the building of boats"
Type of:
creating from raw materials
Kinds of:
crenelation crenellation erecting erection house-raising
Derived:
construct build make
noun Sense 3
the commercial activity involved in constructing buildings
"their main business is home construction"
"workers in the building trades"
Type of:
commercial enterprise business enterprise business
Kinds of:
jerry-building
Derived:
build
noun Sense 4
the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought
Type of:
thinking thought cerebration
Kinds of:
crystallization gestation
noun Sense 5
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"
Opposites:
misconstruction
Type of:
constituent grammatical constituent
Kinds of:
adjunct clause complement involution phrase
noun Sense 6
an interpretation of a text or action
"they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct"
Type of:
interpretation
Derived:
twist twist around pervert convolute sophisticate
noun Sense 7
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"
Type of:
artifact artefact
Kinds of:
airdock hangar repair shed altar arcade
Semantic Complexity
83%
Sense Count
7
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
45
Times Searched
1
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mathematical process mathematical operation operation quadrature creating from raw materials crenelation crenellation erecting erection house-raising commercial enterprise business enterprise