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UK
/kənstɹˈʌkʃən/
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[ US /kənˈstɹəkʃən/ ]
[ US /kənˈstɹəkʃən/ ]
NOUN
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the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones
their main business is home construction
workers in the building trades -
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 -
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 -
the act of constructing something
his hobby was the building of boats
during the construction we had to take a detour - the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought
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a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons
the structure consisted of a series of arches -
an interpretation of a text or action
they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct
How To Use construction In A Sentence
- These positions are frequently referred to respectively as objectivism and constructionism.
- 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
- Upon completion of the donated public welfare project, the donee shall inform the donor of the construction, use of the funds and checking and acceptance of the construction quality.
- Make sure that the construction proposal is reliable, the working procedure works canonically, and the construction monitor goes effectively.
- Faith in controlled nuclear fission is now being shown by the construction of atomic power stations.
- Chapter VI. that the use of metallic copper in the construction of acetylene apparatus is not permissible or judicious, because the gas is liable to form therewith an explosive compound known as copper acetylide; it might seem, therefore, that the employment of a copper salt for purification courts accident. Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use
- 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.
- Fourthly, pay more attention to databank construction, take communication and cooperation seriously.
