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noun
The process of constructing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Anything that has been constructed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The trade of building structures.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A building, model or some other structure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: art, arts
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
The manner in which something is built.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
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noun
A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
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noun
The act or result of construing the meaning of something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
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noun
A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mathematical process, mathematical operation, operation
Narrower terms: quadrature
noun
the act of constructing something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: building
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: creating from raw materials
Narrower terms: crenelation, crenellation, erecting, erection, house-raising, fabrication, assembly, dry walling, grading, leveling, road construction, shipbuilding, ship building, rustication
noun
the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: building
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
Narrower terms: jerry-building
noun
a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: structure
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: artifact, artefact
Narrower terms: airdock, hangar, repair shed, altar, arcade, colonnade, arch, area, balcony, bascule, boarding, body, bridge, span, building, edifice, building complex, complex, catchment, coil, spiral, volute, whorl, helix, column, pillar, corner, quoin, cross, deathtrap, defensive structure, defense, defence, door, entablature, erection, establishment, false bottom, floor, level, storey, story, fountain, guide, house of cards, cardhouse, card-house, cardcastle, housing, lodging, living accommodations, hull, jungle gym, lamination, landing, landing place, lookout, observation tower, lookout station, observatory, masonry, memorial, monument, mound, hill, obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimenta, partition, divider, platform, weapons platform, porch, post and lintel, prefab, projection, public works, sail, set-back, setoff, offset, shelter, shoebox, signboard, sign, stadium, bowl, arena, sports stadium, superstructure, supporting structure, tower, transept, trestlework, vaulting, ways, shipway, slipway, wellhead, wind tunnel, honeycomb, balance, equilibrium, equipoise, counterbalance
noun
the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: mental synthesis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation
Narrower terms: crystallization, gestation
noun
a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: grammatical construction, expression
Antonyms: misconstruction
Broader terms: constituent, grammatical constituent
Narrower terms: adjunct, clause, complement, involution, phrase, predicator
noun
an interpretation of a text or action
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: twist
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: interpretation
History
From Middle English construccioun, construction, from Old French construction, from Latin cōnstructiō, from cōnstruere. Morphologically construct + -ion.
Across languages
264 source translations are retained for this English entry.
