[
US
/ˈkɑnstɹəkt, kənˈstɹəkt/
]
VERB
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create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts
construct a proof
construct an argument -
reassemble mentally
reconstruct the events of 20 years ago -
draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions
construct an equilateral triangle -
make by combining materials and parts
this little pig made his house out of straw
Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer -
put together out of artificial or natural components or parts
He manufactured a popular cereal
the company fabricates plastic chairs
They manufacture small toys -
create by linking linguistic units
construct a sentence
construct a paragraph
NOUN
- an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
How To Use construct In A Sentence
- Clearly the megalosaurus in the opening passage of Bleak House is a flight of hyperbolic fancy (inspired, I would guess, by the papier-mâché dinosaurs constructed for the Crystal Palace Exhibition, a couple of years earlier).
- Fishing. Tie magnets to a string, cut fish shapes out of construction paper and attach a paper clip to the fish's mouth and voila.
- This construction of a new world order comes from a naïive and untraveled President, emboldened in his ignorance by advisors who have been plotting an aggressive Pax Americana ever since the Soviet bloc's collapse.
- These positions are frequently referred to respectively as objectivism and constructionism.
- Moreover, don't these choices facilitate a feminist reading of the text, deconstructing sentimentality to expose masculine failings and feminine rebellion?
- After laying down the melody, he proceeded to deconstruct it, pulling it into new shapes, twisting, fragmenting, yet never losing touch with his starting point.
- Fourthly, pay more attention to databank construction, take communication and cooperation seriously.
- Louis XIV spent 200,000 gold francs for the construction of the royal kennels at Versailles where he kenneled hunting hounds, truffle terriers and toy poodles.
- Construction here would include offices, retail and hotels with the objective of integrating the docklands with the city centre and extending its functions to the east.
- Parts of all three vases were mingled together and the position of each piece had to be painstakingly documented to aid the reconstruction. Times, Sunday Times