noun
the act of constructing something
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- during the construction we had to take a detour
- his hobby was the building of boats
noun
a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit
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- I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner
noun
the creation of a construct
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mental synthesis
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- the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought
noun
a thing constructed
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- 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
noun
drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem
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- the assignment was to make a construction that could be used in proving the Pythagorean theorem
noun
an interpretation of a text or action
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- they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct
noun
the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones
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- their main business is home construction
- workers in the building trades