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  • Definition
    • construction :the act of constructing something
      • during the construction we had to take a detour|his hobby was the building of boats

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • construction :an interpretation of a text or action
      • they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct

    • construction :the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones
      • their main business is home construction|workers in the building trades

    • construction :the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought

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