construct

Noun

1. Something constructed from parts.
2. A concept or model.
3. A segment of nucleic acid, created artificially, for transplantation into a target cell or tissue.

Verb

1. (transitive) To build or form (something) by assembling parts.
2. (transitive) To build (a sentence, an argument, etc.) by arranging words or ideas.
3. (transitive) To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using geometric tools and techniques.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɒn.stɹʌkt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnstrūctus, from cōnstruō (“to heap together”), from com- (“together”) + struō (“I heap up, pile”). Doublet of construe.

Synonyms

build

make

erect

create

form

establish

put together

set up

assemble

raise

fabricate

compose

design

produce

manufacture

work

do

structure

put up

install

constitute

concept

make up

lay

frame

build up

building

construction

🚧

conception

bring together

forge

fashion

reconstruct

repair

rear

retrace

originate

draw up

combine

draught

craft

generate

invent

shape

convene

contrive

architecture

connect

confect

conduct

Translations

construire

construir

costruire

bauen

bâtir

bouwen

konstruieren

construir

aufbauen

construir

errichten

yapmak

edificar

edificare

budować

Sentences

In that year ‘The Indian Engineer’ reported moves to construct an electric tramway .