construct

Academic Word List, sublist 2.

About 16.16 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Something constructed from parts.

   The artwork was a construct of wire and tubes.

2. noun A concept or model.

   Bohr's theoretical construct of the atom was soon superseded by quantum mechanics.

3. noun A segment of nucleic acid, created artificially, for transplantation into a target cell or tissue.
4. verb To build or form (something) by assembling parts.

   We constructed the radio from spares.

5. verb To build (a sentence, an argument, etc.) by arranging words or ideas.

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

6. verb To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using geometric tools and techniques.

   Construct a circle that touches each vertex of the given triangle.

Similar words

fabricate build make manufacture retrace reconstruct concept conception structure assemble

Often followed by

a the an and of validity their in is

Word family

constructabilities constructability constructable constructed constructibilities constructibility constructible constructing construction constructions