construction

Meaning

1. The process of constructing.
2. Anything that has been constructed.
3. The trade of building structures.
4. A building, model or some other structure.
5. A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.
6. The manner in which something is built.
7. A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.
8. The act or result of construing the meaning of something.
9. The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker.
10. A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.

Concepts

construction

building

structure

erection

edifice

build

organization

interpretation

arrangement

formation

architecture

work

assembly

composition

grammatical construction

creation

installation

execution

make

manufacturing

framework

organisation

expression

design

fabrication

production

setup

development

making

drafting

laying

frame

constitution

mental synthesis

twist

conformation

meaning

sense

reading

rendering

rendition

manufacture

premises

construct

fabric

structural engineering

constructing

task

mansion

achievement

action

performance

setting up

shed

shape

establishment

handicraft

maneuvering

manoeuvering

producing

how to grow

recipe

style of building

way of making

workmanship

drawing

contrivance

body

body and mind

physique

constructor

inspector

overseer

superintendent

supervisor

piecing together

figuration

sketch

formulation

interpreting

explanation

constructional

constructive

unit

constriction

contraction

comprehension

concept

connotation

notion

commentary

milling

pile

makeup

charting

drawing practice

map making

mappingdrawing

protraction

accumulation

build-up

cumulation

piling

stack

stacking

architectural form

establish

execution of works

fabric construction

fabric structure

basement

foundation

founding

expounding

personation

designing

pattern

layout

system

erecting

construction engineering

putting up

building work

erect

jobs

working position

texture

job

barrack

dwelling

home

house

hut

hutch

place

shack

shanty

sliver

squat

building-up

construction work

constructions

assembling

montage

nanofabrication

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kənˈstɹʌkʃən/

Etymology

From Middle English construccioun, construction, from Old French construction, from Latin cōnstructiō, from cōnstruere, present active infinitive of cōnstruō.
Morphologically construct + -ion.

Sentences

The structure was of all-metal construction , which was then fabric-covered.

Cohomology arises from the algebraic dualization of the construction of homology .