Construction definition
An example of construction is the creating and decorating of a new ice cream shoppe in a store that previously was a shoe store.
An example of construction is the art of making homes and businesses.
An example of construction is how a sentence is put together using words.
The engineer marvelled at his construction.
I was inclined to put a favorable construction on his reply.
An engineer trained in highway construction; worked in construction for seven years.
A nation that was glorious in its historical construction.
"Construction in string and clockwork" took first prize.
American conservatives tend to favor strict construction of the Constitution.
To put the wrong construction on a statement.
A shelter of simple construction.
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Origin of construction
- From Old French construction, from Latin cōnstructiō, from cōnstruere, present active infinitive of cōnstruō.
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