ALL meanings of construction
con·struc·tion
C c - uncountable noun construction Construction is the building of things such as houses, factories, roads, and bridges. 3
- uncountable noun construction The construction of something such as a vehicle or machine is the making of it. 3
- uncountable noun construction The construction of something such as a system is the creation of it. 3
- countable noun construction You can refer to an object that has been built or made as a construction. 3
- uncountable noun construction You use construction to refer to the structure of something and the way it has been built or made. 3
- countable noun construction The construction that you put on what someone says or does is your interpretation of what it means. 3
- countable noun construction A grammatical construction is a particular arrangement of words in a sentence, clause, or phrase. 3
- noun construction the process or act of constructing or manner in which a thing is constructed 3
- noun construction the thing constructed; a structure 3
- noun construction the business or work of building dwellings, offices, etc 3
- noun construction (as modifier) 3
- noun construction an interpretation or explanation of a law, text, action, etc 3
- noun construction a group of words that together make up one of the constituents into which a sentence may be analysed; a phrase or clause 3
- noun construction a drawing of a line, angle, or figure satisfying certain conditions, used in solving a problem or proving a theorem 3
- noun construction an abstract work of art in three dimensions or relief 3
- noun construction the act or process of constructing 3
- noun construction the way in which something is constructed; manner or method of building 3
- noun construction something constructed; structure; building 3
- noun construction an explanation or interpretation 3
- noun construction a grammatical pattern consisting of two or more immediate constituents 3
- noun construction a three-dimensional work of art, usually nonrepresentational and constructed of more than one material 3
- noun construction the act or art of constructing. 1
- noun construction the way in which a thing is constructed: a building of solid construction. 1
- noun construction something that is constructed; a structure. 1
- noun construction The building of something, typically a large structure. 1
- noun construction the occupation or industry of building: He works in construction. 1
- noun construction Grammar. the arrangement of two or more forms in a grammatical unit. Constructions involving bound forms are often called morphological, as the bound forms fif- and -teen. Those involving only free forms are often called syntactic, as the good man, in the house. Compare bound form, free form. a word or phrase consisting of two or more forms arranged in a particular way. a group of words or morphemes for which there is a rule in some part of the grammar. 1
- noun construction explanation or interpretation, as of a law, a text, or an action. 1
- noun construction physical structure 1
- noun construction building trade 1
- noun construction arrangement of words 1
- noun construction how sth is made 1
- noun construction act of building 1
- noun construction The process of constructing. 0
- noun construction Anything that has been constructed. 0
- noun construction The trade of building structures. 0
- noun construction A building, model or some other structure. 0
- noun construction (art) A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc. 0
- noun construction The manner in which something is built. 0
- noun construction (grammar) A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase. 0
- noun construction The act or result of construing the meaning of something. 0
- noun construction The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker. 0
- noun construction (geometry) A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass. 0