Construct Definition

kən-strŭkt

constructed, constructing, constructs

verb

constructed, constructing, constructs

To build, form, or devise by fitting parts or elements together systematically.

Webster's New World

To create (an argument or a sentence, for example) by systematically arranging ideas or terms.

American Heritage

To draw (a figure) so as to meet the specified requirements.

Webster's New World

To build or form (something) by assembling parts.

We constructed the radio from spares.

Wiktionary

Similarly, to build (a sentence, an argument, etc.) by arranging words or ideas.

A sentence may be constructed with a subject, verb and object.

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noun

constructs

Something built or put together systematically.

Webster's New World

Something formed or constructed from parts.

American Heritage

An idea or perception resulting from a synthesis of sense impressions, etc.

Webster's New World

A concept or theory devised to integrate in an orderly way the diverse data on a phenomenon.

Webster's New World

A concrete image or idea.

American Heritage

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Other Word Forms of Construct

Singular:

construct

Plural:

From Latin construo (“I heap together, build, make, construct, connect grammatically”), from com- (“together”) + struo (“I heap up, pile”).

From Wiktionary
Latin cōnstruere cōnstrūct- com- com- struere to pile up ster-² in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition