construction
/kənˈstɹʌkʃən/
Dictionary
noun
- 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."
- 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."
- (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.
- A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.
Synonyms:building
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