con·struc·tion (k n-str k shn)n. 1. a. The act or process of constructing. b. The art, trade, or work of building: an engineer trained in highway construction; worked in construction for seven years. 2. a. A structure, such as a building, framework, or model. b. Something fashioned or devised systematically: a nation that was glorious in its historical construction. c. An artistic composition using various materials; an assemblage or a collage. 3. The way in which something is built or put together: a shelter of simple construction. 4. The interpretation or explanation given to an expression or a statement: I was inclined to put a favorable construction on his reply. 5. Grammar a. The arrangement of words to form a meaningful phrase, clause, or sentence. b. A group of words so arranged. con·struc tion·al adj.con·struc tion·al·ly adv. |
construction
Noun
1. the act of constructing or manner in which a thing is constructed
2. something that has been constructed
3. the business or work of building houses or other structures
4. Formal an interpretation: the financial markets will put the worst possible construction on any piece of news which might affect them
5. Grammar the way in which words are arranged in a sentence, clause, or phrase
constructional adj
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| Noun | 1. |  construction - the act of constructing something; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats"creating from raw materials - the act of creating something that is different from the materials that went into it crenelation, crenellation - the action of constructing ramparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows house-raising - construction by a group of neighbors assembly, fabrication - the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery) dry walling - the activity of building stone walls without mortar road construction - the construction of roads ship building, shipbuilding - the construction of ships rustication - the construction of masonry or brickwork in a rustic manner reface - provide with a new facing; "The building was refaced with beautiful stones" wattle - build of or with wattle rebuild, reconstruct - build again; "The house was rebuild after it was hit by a bomb" groin - build with groins; "The ceiling was groined" preassemble, prefabricate - to manufacture sections of (a building), especially in a factory, so that they can be easily transported to and rapidly assembled on a building site of buildings |
| 2. | construction - 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" adjunct - a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence grammatical constituent, constituent - (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction clause - (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence complement - a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction involution - a long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction phrase - an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence predicator - an expression that predicates misconstruction - an ungrammatical constituent | |
| 3. | construction - the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought cerebration, intellection, mentation, thinking, thought process, thought - the process of using your mind to consider something carefully; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought" crystallization - a mental synthesis that becomes fixed or concrete by a process resembling crystal formation gestation - the conception and development of an idea or plan | |
| 4. |  construction - 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"airdock, hangar, repair shed - a large structure at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained altar - a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made arch - (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it area - a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants" balcony - a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet balcony - an upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium bascule - a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw) boarding - a structure of boards body - the external structure of a vehicle; "the body of the car was badly rusted" bridge, span - a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc. building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" building complex, complex - a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures catchment - a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area) coil, helix, volute, whorl, spiral - a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope" colonnade - structure consisting of a row of evenly spaced columns pillar, column - a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument) quoin, corner - (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone cross - a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece deathtrap - any structure that is very unsafe; where people are likely to be killed defensive structure, defence, defense - a structure used to defend against attack; "the artillery battered down the defenses" door - a structure where people live or work (usually ordered along a street or road); "the office next door"; "they live two doors up the street from us" entablature - (architecture) the structure consisting of the part of a classical temple above the columns between a capital and the roof erection - a structure that has been erected establishment - a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence false bottom - a horizontal structure that partitions a ship or box (especially one built close to the actual bottom) storey, floor, story, level - a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?" understructure, groundwork, substructure, base, foundation, fundament, foot - lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower" fountain - a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises guide - a structure or marking that serves to direct the motion or positioning of something card-house, cardcastle, cardhouse, house of cards - an unstable construction with playing cards; "he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed" hull - the frame or body of ship jungle gym - a structure of vertical and horizontal rods where children can climb and play lamination - a layered structure landing place, landing - structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods lookout station, observation tower, observatory, lookout - a structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings | |
| 5. | construction - 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" mathematical operation, mathematical process, operation - (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods; "the problems at the end of the chapter demonstrated the mathematical processes involved in the derivation"; "they were learning the basic operations of arithmetic" quadrature - the construction of a square having the same area as some other figure | |
| 6. | construction - an interpretation of a text or action; "they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct" interpretation - an explanation that results from interpreting something; "the report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence" | |
| 7. | construction - the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones; "their main business is home construction"; "workers in the building trades" masonry - the craft of a mason house painting, painting - the occupation of a house painter; "house painting was the only craft he knew" plumbery, plumbing - the occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building) roofing - the craft of a roofer sheet-metal work - the craft of doing sheet metal work (as in ventilation systems) shingling - the laying on of shingles; "shingling is a craft very different from carpentry" business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business" jerry-building - construction of inferior buildings for a quick profit |
construction
noun 3. (Formal) interpretation, meaning, reading, sense, explanation, rendering, take (informal), chiefly U.S. inference
Translations
construction [kənˈstrʌkʃən] n → construcción f;
(fig) (= interpretation); interpretación f;
under construction → en construcción
construction [kənˈstrʌkʃən] construct n → construction f (fig) (= interpretation); interprétation f;
under construction [building etc] → en construction
construction [kənˈstrʌkʃən] construct n → Bau m;
(structure) → Konstruktion f (fig) (interpretation) → Deutung f;
under construction construct → in or im Bau
construction [kənˈstrʌkʃən] n → costruzione f;
(fig) (= interpretation); interpretazione f;
under construction → in costruzione
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