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construction meaning and definition
Definition and meaning of construction at MeaningMonkey.org. construction meaning and definition in the English Dictionary.CONSTRUCTION noun
Definition of construction (noun)
- the act of constructing something
- "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats"
- synonyms: building
- 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"
- synonyms: expression, grammatical construction
- antonym: misconstruction
- the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought
- synonyms: mental synthesis
- a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
- "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"
- synonyms: structure
- 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"
- an interpretation of a text or action
- "they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct"
- synonyms: twist
- the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones
- "their main business is home construction"; "workers in the building trades"
- synonyms: building
Source: Princeton University Wordnet