About The Word Construction

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Construction Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Construction?
[n] 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"
[n] the act of constructing or building something; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats" [n] the commercial activity involved in constructing buildings; "their main business is home construction"; "workers in the building trades" [n] [n] the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought [n] 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" [n] an interpretation of a text or action; "they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct" Synonyms | Synonyms for Construction: building | expression | grammatical construction | mental synthesis | structure | twist Related Terms | Find terms related to Construction: acronym | acrostic | adjectival phrase | anatomy | architectonics | architecture | arrangement | assemblage | assembly | avyayibhava | back formation | build | building | buildup | casting | clause | clipped word | combination | composition | compound | conformation | conjugate | constitution | construct | conversion | crafting | craftsmanship | creation | cultivation | definition | description | design | devising | diagnosis | dvandva | dvigu | edifice | elaboration | embodiment | endocentric compound | erection | establishment | exegesis | exocentric compound | explanation | explication | expose | exposition | expression | extraction | fabric | fabrication | fashion | fashioning | forging | form | format | formation | forming | formulation | frame | framing | getup | growing | handicraft | handiwork | harvesting | headed group | house | idiom | idiotism | incorporation | interpretation | junction | locution | machining | make | makeup | making | manner of speaking | manufacture | manufacturing | meaning | milling | mining | mixture | mold | molding | noun phrase | organic structure | organism | organization | packaged house | paragraph | paronym | pattern | patterning | peculiar expression | period | phrasal idiom | phrase | physique | piecing together | pile | plan | prefab | prefabrication | preparation | processing | producing | production | putting together | pyramid | raising | reading | refining | sentence | set phrase | setup | shape | shaping | skyscraper | smelting | spoonerism | standard phrase | structure | structuring | superstructure | syneresis | syntactic structure | synthesis | tatpurusha | tectonics | term | texture | tissue | tower | turn of expression | turn of phrase | usage | utterance | verb complex | verb phrase | verbalism | warp and woof | way of seeing | way of speaking | weave | web | word form | word-group | workmanship See Also | adjunct | airdock | altar | arcade | arch | area | arena | artefact | artifact | assembly | balcony | bascule | base | boarding | body | bowl | bridge | building | building complex | business | business enterprise | cardcastle | cardhouse | catchment | cerebration | clause | coil | colonnade | column | commercial enterprise | complement | complex | constituent | corner | creating from raw materials | crenelation | crenellation | cross | crystallization | deathtrap | defence | defense | defensive structure | divider | door | dry walling | edifice | entablature | erecting | erection | erection | establishment | fabrication | floor | foot | foundation | fountain | fundament | gestation | grading | grammatical constituent | groundwork | hangar | helix | hill | house of cards | house painting | house-raising | housing | hull | impediment | impedimenta | intellection | interpretation | involution | jerry-building | jungle gym | lamination | landing | landing place | level | leveling | living accommodations | lodging | lookout | lookout station | masonry | masonry | mathematical operation | mathematical process | memorial | mentation | monument | mound | observation tower | observatory | obstructer | obstruction | obstructor | offset | operation | painting | partition | phrase | pillar | plate | platform | plumbery | plumbing | porch | post and lintel | predicator | prefab | projection | public works | quadrature | quoin | repair shed | road construction | roofing | rustication | set back | setoff | sheet-metal work | shelter | shingling | shipbuilding | shoebox | sign | signboard | span | spiral | stadium | storey | story | structural member | substructure | thinking | thought | understructure | volute | weapons platform | whorl Construction In Webster's Dictionary \Con*struc"tion\, n. [L. constructio: cf. F.
construction.]
1. The process or art of constructing; the act of building;
erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication;
composition.
2. The form or manner of building or putting together the
parts of anything; structure; arrangement.
An astrolabe of peculiar construction. --Whewell.
3. (Gram.) The arrangement and connection of words in a
sentence; syntactical arrangement.
Some particles . . . in certain constructions have
the sense of a whole sentence contained in them.
--Locke.
4. The method of construing, interpreting, or explaining a
declaration or fact; an attributed sense or meaning;
understanding; explanation; interpretation; sense.
Any person . . . might, by the sort of construction
that would be put on this act, become liable to the
penalties of treason. --Hallam.
Strictly, the term [construction] signifies
determining the meaning and proper effect of
language by a consideration of the subject matter
and attendant circumstances in connection with the
words employed. --Abbott.
Interpretation properly precedes construction, but
it does not go beyond the written text. --Parsons.
{Construction of an equation} (Math.), the drawing of such
lines and figures as will represent geometrically the
quantities in the equation, and their relations to each
other.
{Construction train} (Railroad), a train for transporting men
and materials for construction or repairs.
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