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   construction

   /kənˈstrʌkʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the action of building something, typically a large structure: "there was a skyscraper under construction" Similar buildingerectionputting upsetting upraisingestablishmentassemblymanufacturefabricationformingfashioningcontrivingcreationmaking
   • ▪ the industry of constructing buildings, roads, etc.: "50,000 more jobs will go from construction" Similar buildingerectionputting upsetting upraisingestablishmentassemblymanufacturefabricationformingfashioningcontrivingcreationmaking
   • ▪ the style or method used in the building of something: "the mill is of brick construction"
   • ▪ a building or other structure: "the central waterway was a spectacular construction" Similar structurebuildingedificeassemblypileframework
   • 2. the creation of an abstract entity: "language plays a large part in our construction of reality"
   • ▪ an interpretation or explanation: "you could put an honest construction upon their conduct" Similar interpretationreadingmeaningexplanationinferenceexplicationconstrualanalysisversionunderstandingviewimpressioninformal:take
   • ▪ the arrangement of words according to syntactical rules: "sentence construction" Similar compositionformationstructureorganization

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin constructio(n-), from construere ‘heap together’ (see construct).

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