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- [verb kuh n-struhkt; noun kon-struhkt]
- /verb kənˈstrʌkt; noun ˈkɒn strʌkt/
- /kənˈstrʌkt/
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- [verb kuh n-struhkt; noun kon-struhkt]
- /verb kənˈstrʌkt; noun ˈkɒn strʌkt/
Definitions of construct word
- verb construct to draw (a line, angle, or figure) so that certain requirements are satisfied 3
- noun construct something formulated or built systematically 3
- noun construct a complex idea resulting from a synthesis of simpler ideas 3
- noun construct a model devised on the basis of observation, designed to relate what is observed to some theoretical framework 3
- verb transitive construct to build, form, or devise by fitting parts or elements together systematically 3
- verb transitive construct to draw (a figure) so as to meet the specified requirements 3
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Origin of construct
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50 for earlier past participle sense; 1655-65 for current senses; late Middle English < Latin constrūctus (past participle of construere to construe), equivalent to con- con- + strūc- (variant stem of struere to build) + -tus past participle suffix
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Parts of speech for Construct
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
construct popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
construct usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for construct
verb construct
- manufacture — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- compose — The things that something is composed of are its parts or members. The separate things that compose something are the parts or members that form it.
- organize — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
- put up — planned beforehand in a secret or crafty manner: a put-up job.
- formulate — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
noun construct
- concept — A concept is an idea or abstract principle.
- hypothesis — a proposition, or set of propositions, set forth as an explanation for the occurrence of some specified group of phenomena, either asserted merely as a provisional conjecture to guide investigation (working hypothesis) or accepted as highly probable in the light of established facts.
- theory — a coherent group of tested general propositions, commonly regarded as correct, that can be used as principles of explanation and prediction for a class of phenomena: Einstein's theory of relativity. Synonyms: principle, law, doctrine.
- paradigm — Grammar. a set of forms all of which contain a particular element, especially the set of all inflected forms based on a single stem or theme. a display in fixed arrangement of such a set, as boy, boy's, boys, boys'.
- idea — any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
Antonyms for construct
verb construct
- destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- ruin — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- disarrange — to disturb the arrangement of; disorder; unsettle.
- disorder — lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion: Your room is in utter disorder.
- disorganize — to destroy the organization, systematic arrangement, or orderly connection of; throw into confusion or disorder.
Top questions with construct
- how to construct a perpendicular bisector?
- how to construct a confidence interval?
- how to construct a relative frequency distribution?
- how to construct parallel lines?
- what does construct mean?
- how to construct a square in a circle?
- why is race considered a social construct?
- how to construct an angle bisector?
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- what is construct validity?
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- how to construct a rectangle?
- how to construct a box and whisker plot?
- how to construct an equilateral triangle?
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