CONSTRUCTIVE
\kənstɹˈʌktɪv], \kənstɹˈʌktɪv], \k_ə_n_s_t_ɹ_ˈʌ_k_t_ɪ_v]\
Definitions of CONSTRUCTIVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development; "constructive criticism"; "a constructive attitude"; "a constructive philosophy"; "constructive permission"
By Princeton University
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constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development; "constructive criticism"; "a constructive attitude"; "a constructive philosophy"; "constructive permission"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Having ability to construct or form; employed in construction; as, to exhibit constructive power.
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Derived from, or depending on, construction or interpretation; not directly expressed, but inferred.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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Constructively.
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Involving or tending to construction; positive; affirmative.
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Depending on inference rather than explicit statement or established fact.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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Pertaining to or formed by construction; inferred.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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