construction
/kənˈstɹʌkʃən/ noun
Forms constructions
- noun The process of constructing. “Construction is underway on the new bridge.”
- noun Anything that has been constructed. “The engineer marvelled at his construction.”
- noun The trade of building structures. “He had worked in construction all his life.”
- noun A building, model or some other structure. “The office was a construction of steel and glass.”
- noun (art) A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc. “"Construction in string and clockwork" took first prize.”
- noun The manner in which something is built. “A thing of simple construction.”
- noun (grammar) A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.
- noun The act or result of construing the meaning of something. “American conservatives tend to favor strict construction of the Constitution.”
Synonyms
building construal grammatical construction expression mental synthesis structure twist
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English construccioun, construction, from Old French construction, from Latin cōnstructiō, from cōnstruere.
Morphologically construct + -ion.
Webster’s 1913
- noun The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.
- noun The form or manner of building or putting together the parts of anything; structure; arrangement.
Etymology [L. constructio: cf. F. construction.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “construction”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details