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construction
- 1) noun, the process or act of constructing or manner in which a thing is constructed
- 2) noun, the thing constructed; a structure
- 3) noun, a) the business or work of building dwellings, offices, etc b) (as modifier)
- 4) noun, an interpretation or explanation of a law, text, action, etc
- 5) noun, grammar a group of words that together make up one of the constituents into which a sentence may be analysed; a phrase or clause
- 6) noun, geometry a drawing of a line, angle, or figure satisfying certain conditions, used in solving a problem or proving a theorem
- 7) noun, an abstract work of art in three dimensions or relief. See also constructivism
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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Formal interpretation, building, assembly, creation, formation, composition, erection, fabricate, structure, building, edifice, form, figure, shape, Formal meaning, reading, sense, explanation, rendering, take (informal chiefly U.S.), inference