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Quick definitions from WordNet (construction)
▸ noun: 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")
▸ noun: the act of constructing or building something ("During the construction we had to take a detour")
▸ noun: the commercial activity involved in constructing buildings ("Their main business is home construction")
▸ noun: the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought
▸ noun: 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")
▸ noun: an interpretation of a text or action ("They put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct")
▸ noun: a thing constructed; a complex construction or entity ("She wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons")
▸ Also see constructions
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▸ noun: 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")
▸ noun: the act of constructing or building something ("During the construction we had to take a detour")
▸ noun: the commercial activity involved in constructing buildings ("Their main business is home construction")
▸ noun: the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought
▸ noun: 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")
▸ noun: an interpretation of a text or action ("They put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct")
▸ noun: a thing constructed; a complex construction or entity ("She wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons")
▸ Also see constructions
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to construction
▸ Usage examples for construction
▸ Idioms related to construction (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing construction
▸ Words that often appear near construction
▸ Rhymes of construction
▸ Invented words related to construction