construction

Academic Word List, sublist 2.

About 64.60 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The process of constructing.

   Construction is underway on the new bridge.

2. noun Anything that has been constructed.

   The engineer marvelled at his construction.

3. noun The trade of building structures.

   He had worked in construction all his life.

4. noun A building, model or some other structure.

   The office was a construction of steel and glass.

5. noun A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.

   "Construction in string and clockwork" took first prize.

6. noun The manner in which something is built.

   A thing of simple construction.

7. noun A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.
8. noun The act or result of construing the meaning of something.

   American conservatives tend to favor strict construction of the Constitution.

Similar words

building structure twist expression mental synthesis constructive constructing worksite builder edifice

Often followed by

of and is in industry was work or to

Word family

construct constructed constructing constructional constructionally constructions constructive constructs