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construction

noun
/kənˈstɹʌkʃən/

Etymology

From Middle English construccioun, construction, from Old French construction, from Latin cōnstructiō, from cōnstruere. Morphologically construct + -ion.

  1. derived from cōnstructiō
  2. derived from construction
  3. inherited from construccioun

Definitions

  1. The process of constructing.

    • Construction is underway on the new bridge.
    • 89.2 million tons of RAP are used annually in new asphalt pavement construction in the United States.

  2. Anything that has been constructed.

    • The engineer marvelled at his construction.

  3. The trade of building structures.

    • He had worked in construction all his life.
  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. A building, model or some other structure.

      • The office was a construction of steel and glass.

    2. A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.

      • "Construction in string and clockwork" took first prize.

    3. The manner in which something is built.

      • A thing of simple construction.

    4. A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.

    5. The act or result of construing the meaning of something.

      • American conservatives tend to favor strict construction of the Constitution.

    6. The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.

      The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker.

      • He had considered sending Lucille away to stay with relations. But then people might have put the worst construction on it – might believe she had done something she shouldn't have.

    7. A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and…

      A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.

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Derived

autoconstruction, ba construction, bioconstruction, Cayley-Dickson construction, coconstruction, constructional, construction barrel, construction battalion, construction drum, construction grammar, construction helmet, constructionism, constructionist, constructionistic, construction language, construction paper, construction permit, construction point, construction site, construction soldier, construction unit, construction worker, deconstruction, Kantor-Koecher-Tits construction, loose construction, malconstruction, megaconstruction, metaconstruction, midconstruction, misconstruction, narrow construction, nonconstruction, postconstruction, preconstruction, pregnant construction, reconstruction, rule of strict construction, sponge construction, strict construction, turn construction unit · +3 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at construction. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01construction02trade03executed04execute05carry06country07land08buildings09building

A definitional loop anchored at construction. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at construction

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA