construction
/kษnหstษนสkสษn/IPA: /K AH0 N S T R AH1 K SH AH0 N/
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The process of constructing.
โConstruction is underway on the new bridge.โ
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Anything that has been constructed.
โThe engineer marvelled at his construction.โ
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The trade of building structures.
โHe had worked in construction all his life.โ
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A building, model or some other structure.
โThe office was a construction of steel and glass.โ
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A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.
โ"Construction in string and clockwork" took first prize.โ
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The manner in which something is built.
โA thing of simple construction.โ
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(grammar) A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.
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The act or result of construing the meaning of something.
โAmerican conservatives tend to favor strict construction of the Constitution.โ
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The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker.
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A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.
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