Synonyms:
construction, building
Meaning: the act of constructing something; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats"
Synonyms:
construction, grammatical_construction, expression
Meaning: 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"
Synonyms:
construction, mental_synthesis
Meaning: the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought
Synonyms:
structure, construction
Meaning: a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"
Synonyms:
construction
Meaning: drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem; "the assignment was to make a construction that could be used in proving the Pythagorean theorem"
Usage examples
Durability of materials and construction. 7.
5) has the familiar flat-pocket construction.
For a moment he studied the construction of the mechanism beneath.
They are no longer fit for construction unless on an approved principle.
The high-walled, irregularly shaped construction sat in a ponderous silence.
"It will be seen at once that the construction of the two kinds of plate is radically different.
Young Pershing had early caught the fever, and had worked with construction gangs in Kentucky and Tennessee.
The turbine-engine will be the main factor in working the approaching revolution in mail steamer construction.
How can one solitary person without help and without support lay the foundations of such a noble construction?
It extends along the inner edge of a small fiord, inclosed between basaltic walls of the strangest construction.