construction

(n) the act of constructing something
- during the construction we had to take a detour
- his hobby was the building of boats
building,
(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
grammatical construction, expression,
(n) the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought mental synthesis,
(n) 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
structure,
(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) an interpretation of a text or action
- they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct
twist,
(n) the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones
- their main business is home construction
- workers in the building trades
building,

building grammatical construction expression mental synthesis structure twist

misconstruction

constructive

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