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construction > 7 senses
NOUN1construction, buildingThe act of constructing or building something
2construction, buildingThe commercial activity involved in constructing buildings
3construction, structureA thing constructed
4construction, grammatical construction, expressionA group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit
5construction, mental synthesisThe creation of a construct
6construction, twistAn interpretation of a text or action
7constructionDrawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem
construction > pronunciation
Soundskahnstrah'kshahn
RhymesAachen, Aaron, abandon, and 2504 more rhymes in ahn at the HyperDic website...
construction > noun 1, act
MeaningThe act of constructing or building something.
Examples"during the construction we had to take a detour"
Synonymsbuilding
Category ofreface; wattle; frame, frame up; rebuild, reconstruct; groin; raise, erect, rear, set up, put up; prefabricate, preassemble
Narrowercrenelation, crenellation; erecting, erection; house-raising; fabrication, assembly; dry walling; grading, leveling; road construction; shipbuilding; rustication
Broadercreating from raw materials
Verbsconstruct
construction > noun 2, act
MeaningThe commercial activity involved in constructing buildings.
Examples"their main business is home construction"
Synonymsbuilding
Partsmasonry; painting, house painting; plumbing, plumbery; roofing; sheet-metal work; shingling
Narrowerjerry-building
Broadercommercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
construction > noun 3, artifact
MeaningA thing constructed. A complex construction or entity.
Examples"she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"
Synonymsstructure
Partsfoundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure; plate; structural member
Narrowerairdock, hangar, repair shed; altar; arcade, colonnade; arch; area; balcony; balcony; bascule; boarding; body; bridge, span; building, edifice; building complex, complex; catchment; coil, spiral, volute, whorl, helix; colonnade; column, pillar; corner, quoin; cross; deathtrap; defensive structure, defense, defence; door; entablature; erection; establishment; floor, level, storey, story; fountain; house of cards, cardhouse, card-house, cardcastle; housing, lodging, living accommodations; hull; jungle gym; lamination; landing, landing place; lookout, observation tower, lookout station, observatory; masonry; memorial, monument; mound, hill; obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimenta; partition, divider; platform, weapons platform; porch; post and lintel; prefab; projection; public works; set-back, setoff, offset; shelter; shoebox; signboard, sign; stadium, bowl, arena, sports stadium; superstructure; supporting structure; tower; transept; trestlework; vaulting; ways, shipway, slipway; wellhead; wind tunnel; balance, equilibrium, equipoise, counterbalance
Broaderartifact, artefact
construction > noun 4, communication
MeaningA group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit.
Examples"I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner"
Synonymsgrammatical construction, expression
Narroweradjunct; clause; complement; involution; phrase; predicator
Broaderconstituent, grammatical constituent
Contrarymisconstruction
construction > noun 5, cognition
MeaningThe creation of a construct. The process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought.
Synonymsmental synthesis
Narrowercrystallization; gestation
Broaderthinking, thought, cerebration, intellection, mentation
construction > noun 6, communication
MeaningAn interpretation of a text or action.
Examples"they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct"
Synonymstwist
Broaderinterpretation
construction > noun 7, act
MeaningDrawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem.
Examples"the assignment was to make a construction that could be used in proving the Pythagorean theorem"
Narrowerquadrature
Broadermathematical process, mathematical operation, operation
Verbsconstruct

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