Dictionary Definition
construct n : an abstract or general idea
inferred or derived from specific instances [syn: concept, conception] [ant: misconception]
Verb
1 make by combining materials and parts; "this
little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric
constructed an electric brassiere warmer" [syn: build, make]
2 put together out of components or parts; "the
company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"
[syn: manufacture,
fabricate]
3 draw with suitable instruments and under
specified conditions; "construct an equilateral triangle"
4 create by linking linguistic units; "construct
a sentence"; "construct a paragraph"
5 create by organizing and linking ideas,
arguments, or concepts; "construct a proof"; "construct an
argument"
6 reassemble mentally; "reconstruct the events of
20 years ago" [syn: reconstruct, retrace]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Noun
Synonyms
- (something constructed from parts):
- (concept, model): concept, idea, model, notion, representation
Translations
something constructed from parts
- Hebrew: ,
concept or model
- Hebrew: , ,
Verb
- To build or form (something) by assembling parts.
- We constructed the radio from spares.
- Similarly, to build (a sentence or an argument) by arranging words or ideas.
- A sentence may be constructed with a subject, verb and object.
- To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using
geometric tools and techniques.
- Construct a circle that touches each vertex of the given triangle.
Synonyms
Antonyms
- (build or form by assembling parts): destroy, disassemble, dismantle, take apart
Related terms
Translations
build or form by assembling parts
- French: construire
- Hebrew: להרכיב (le'harkiv)
- Italian: costruire
- Spanish: construir
- Swedish: konstruera
build (a sentence or argument)
- Hebrew: לבנות (livnot)
draw (a geometric figure)
- French: construire
Extensive Definition
wikt construction
- "Construct" redirects here.
Construction
is the building or assembly of any infrastructure
Construction or construct may also refer
to:
- Construct (philosophy of science)
- Construct (Software), game creation software
- DNA construct, artificially created segment of nucleic acid meant for transplantation into a target cell or tissue
- Offshore construction, the installation of structures in marine environments
- Social construction (or social construct), an entity that exists purely because society has agreed upon it
- Social constructionism (or social constructivism), a sociological theory of knowledge
- Constructivist epistemology, a philosophical school of thought
- Grammatical construction, in linguistics, a string of words
- Executives of Construction Party, an Iranian political party
- Compass and straightedge constructions in geometry
- Personal constructs by which individuals frame worldviews, as well predict and evaluate behaviour and events
Popular culture
- Construction, a series of percussion compositions by John Cage
- Constructs in the Wheel of Time series of fantasy books, any biological creation made by a human
- Construction-Destruction, a 2003 simulation video game
See also
- Creation (disambiguation)
- Destruction (disambiguation)
- Deconstruction (disambiguation)
- Reconstruction (disambiguation)
construct in German: Konstruktion
construct in French: Construction
(homonymie)
construct in Norwegian: Konstruksjon
construct in Slovak: Konštrukcia
construct in Swedish: Konstruktion
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
architecture, assemble, build, build up, building, cast, combine, compose, compound, concoct, consist of, constitute, construction, create, devise, edifice, elaborate, embody, enter into, erect, erection, establish, establishment, evolve, extrude, fabric, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, formulate, frame, fudge together, get up, go
into, house, incorporate, indite, invent, join, make, make up, manufacture, mature, merge in, mix, mold, organize, packaged house, patch
together, piece together, pile, prefab, prefabricate, prefabrication, prepare, produce, put together, put up,
pyramid, raise, rear, run up, set, set up, shape, skyscraper, structure, superstructure, synthesize, tower, unite in, uprear, whomp up, write