constructive
Pronunciation: /kənˈstɹʌktɪv/
The English word “constructive” has 5 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Relating to or causing construction.
- Carefully considered and meant to be helpful.
- Serving a useful purpose.
- Deemed after the fact to exist or to have occurred, despite the formal process not having been followed; often when there was no intention to do so at the time.
- Not direct or expressed, but inferred.
Etymology
From Latin cōnstrūctīvus. By surface analysis, construct + -ive.
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