CONSTRUCTION
\kənstɹˈʌkʃən], \kənstɹˈʌkʃən], \k_ə_n_s_t_ɹ_ˈʌ_k_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of CONSTRUCTION
- 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
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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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"
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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 construction or entity; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"
By Princeton University
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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"
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the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.
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The form or manner of building or putting together the parts of anything; structure; arrangement.
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The arrangement and connection of words in a sentence; syntactical arrangement.
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The method of construing, interpreting, or explaining a declaration or fact; an attributed sense or meaning; understanding; explanation; interpretation; sense.
By Oddity Software
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The act of building; that which is built; an edifice; interpretation; arrangement and grammatical relationship of words in a sentence.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Anything piled together, building: manner of forming: (gram.) the arrangement of words in a sentence: interpretation: meaning.
By Daniel Lyons
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The act of constructing; a structure.
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Style of building; grammatical arrangement and relation of words.
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The act of construing; interpretation; meaning.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. Act of building, or of devising and forming; fabrication; composition; structure; conformation; —syntactical arrangement; —the method of construing or explaining a declaration or fact; understanding; interpretation.
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The act of building; the form of building, structure ; the putting of words together in such a manner as to convey a complete sense; the act of interpreting, explanation ; the sense, the meaning; the manner of describing a figure in geometry.
By Thomas Sheridan
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