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construction::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | building |
| Type of | business, commercial enterprise, business enterprise |
| Has types | jerry-building |
their main business is home construction.
construction::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | building |
| Type of | creating from raw materials |
| Has types | leveling, road construction, house-raising, grading, shipbuilding, fabrication, erection, ship building, rustication, assembly, erecting, dry walling, bricolage, crenellation, crenelation |
| Derivation | construct |
during the construction we had to take a detour.
construction::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | twist |
| Type of | interpretation |
they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct.
construction::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | mental synthesis |
| Type of | cerebration, thought process, thought, thinking, mentation, intellection |
| Has types | gestation, crystallization |
construction::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | expression, grammatical construction |
| Type of | grammatical constituent, constituent |
| Has types | clause, complement, predicator, involution, phrase, adjunct |
I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner.
construction::noun | Spocien Dictionary
she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons.
construction::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | mathematical process, operation, mathematical operation |
| Has types | quadrature |
| Derivation | construct |
the assignment was to make a construction that could be used in proving the Pythagorean theorem.
Examples of construction
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These types of vehicles are used by construction companies and small businesses.
From the tennessean.com
The three construction workers continued to laugh it off and harass our actress.
From the abcnews.go.com
Construction stopped on the seven-story Jackson Building at the end of February.
From the thenewstribune.com
They are all poor people who were working as laborers in a construction company.
From the sacbee.com
Sixty five reactors are under construction, the association said on its website.
From the bloomberg.com
It has been plagued by delays since construction began more than five years ago.
From the bloomberg.com
To meet the timeline, construction would need to begin in about a year, he said.
From the omaha.com
Construction began in late 2008 and finished up in the latter half of last year.
From the stltoday.com
The excess supply of homes also is seen keeping construction at moribund levels.
From the online.wsj.com
- The act of constructing something; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats"
- 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"
- The creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought
- Structure: 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"
- 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"
- An interpretation of a text or action; "they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct"
- In the fields of architecture and civil engineering, construction is a process that consists of the building or assembling of infrastructure. Far from being a single activity, large scale construction is a feat of human multitasking. ...
- Construction is the title of several pieces by American composer John Cage, all scored for unorthodox percussion instruments. ...
- The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007, often referred to as CDM, are important regulations in the construction industry in the United Kingdom introduced by the Health and Safety Executive's Construction Division. ...
