construction
Pronunciation: /kənˈstɹʌkʃən/
The English word “construction” has 10 meanings listed here.
noun
- The process of constructing.
- Anything that has been constructed.
- The trade of building structures.
- A building, model or some other structure.
- A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.
- The manner in which something is built.
- A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.
- The act or result of construing the meaning of something.
- The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker.
- A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.
Etymology
From Middle English construccioun, construction, from Old French construction, from Latin cōnstructiō, from cōnstruere. Morphologically construct + -ion.
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