'Construction' definitions:
Definition of 'construction'
From: WordNet
noun
The act of constructing something; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats" [syn: construction, building]
noun
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" [syn: construction, grammatical construction, expression] [ant: misconstruction]
noun
The creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought [syn: construction, mental synthesis]
noun
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" [syn: structure, construction]
noun
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"
noun
An interpretation of a text or action; "they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct" [syn: construction, twist]
noun
The commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones; "their main business is home construction"; "workers in the building trades" [syn: construction, building]
Definition of 'Construction'
From: GCIDE
- Construction \Con*struc"tion\, n. [L. constructio: cf. F. construction.]
- 1. The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The form or manner of building or putting together the parts of anything; structure; arrangement. [1913 Webster]
- An astrolabe of peculiar construction. --Whewell. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Gram.) The arrangement and connection of words in a sentence; syntactical arrangement. [1913 Webster]
- Some particles . . . in certain constructions have the sense of a whole sentence contained in them. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The method of construing, interpreting, or explaining a declaration or fact; an attributed sense or meaning; understanding; explanation; interpretation; sense. [1913 Webster]
- Any person . . . might, by the sort of construction that would be put on this act, become liable to the penalties of treason. --Hallam. [1913 Webster]
- Strictly, the term [construction] signifies determining the meaning and proper effect of language by a consideration of the subject matter and attendant circumstances in connection with the words employed. --Abbott. [1913 Webster]
- Interpretation properly precedes construction, but it does not go beyond the written text. --Parsons. [1913 Webster]
- Construction of an equation (Math.), the drawing of such lines and figures as will represent geometrically the quantities in the equation, and their relations to each other.
- Construction train (Railroad), a train for transporting men and materials for construction or repairs. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'construction'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acronym,
- acrostic,
- adjectival phrase,
- anatomy,
- architectonics,
- architecture,
- arrangement,
- assemblage,
- assembly,
- avyayibhava,
- back formation,
- build,
- building,
- buildup,
- casting,
- clause,
- clipped word,
- combination,
- composition,
- compound,
- conformation,
- conjugate,
- constitution,
- construct,
- conversion,
- crafting,
- craftsmanship,
- creation,
- cultivation,
- definition,
- description,
- design,
- devising,
- diagnosis,
- dvandva,
- dvigu,
- edifice,
- elaboration,
- embodiment,
- endocentric compound,
- erection,
- establishment,
- exegesis,
- exocentric compound,
- explanation,
- explication,
- expose,
- exposition,
- expression,
- extraction,
- fabric,
- fabrication,
- fashion,
- fashioning,
- forging,
- form,
- format,
- formation,
- forming,
- formulation,
- frame,
- framing,
- getup,
- growing,
- handicraft,
- handiwork,
- harvesting,
- headed group,
- house,
- idiom,
- idiotism,
- incorporation,
- interpretation,
- junction,
- locution,
- machining,
- make,
- makeup,
- making,
- manner of speaking,
- manufacture,
- manufacturing,
- meaning,
- milling,
- mining,
- mixture,
- mold,
- molding,
- noun phrase,
- organic structure,
- organism,
- organization,
- packaged house,
- paragraph,
- paronym,
- pattern,
- patterning,
- peculiar expression,
- period,
- phrasal idiom,
- phrase,
- physique,
- piecing together,
- pile,
- plan,
- prefab,
- prefabrication,
- preparation,
- processing,
- producing,
- production,
- putting together,
- pyramid,
- raising,
- reading,
- refining,
- sentence,
- set phrase,
- setup,
- shape,
- shaping,
- skyscraper,
- smelting,
- spoonerism,
- standard phrase,
- structure,
- structuring,
- superstructure,
- syneresis,
- syntactic structure,
- synthesis,
- tatpurusha,
- tectonics,
- term,
- texture,
- tissue,
- tower,
- turn of expression,
- turn of phrase,
- usage,
- utterance,
- verb complex,
- verb phrase,
- verbalism,
- warp and woof,
- way of seeing,
- way of speaking,
- weave,
- web,
- word form,
- word-group,
- workmanship
Words containing 'Construction'
- Construct,
- Constructed,
- Constructer,
- Constructing,
- Constructional,
- Constructive,
- Constructively,
- Constructiveness,
- under construction,
- Construct form,
- Construct state,
- Construction of an equation,
- Construction train,
- Constructive crimes,
- Constructive fraud,
- Constructive mileage,
- Constructive notice,
- Constructive trust,
- Pregnant construction,
- construction industry,
- construction paper,
- construction worker,
- constructive breach,
- constructive eviction,
- constructive metabolism,
- constructive possession,
- grammatical construction,
- road construction,
- constructive-metabolic,
- grade-constructed