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construction
noun
1 construction
The act of constructing something:
— During the construction we had to take a detour.
synonym: building.
Roget 161:
production,
creation,
construction,
formation,
fabrication,
manufacture;
building,
architecture,
erection,
edification;
coinage;
diaster†;
organization;
nisus formativus [Lat.];
putting together
etc.
v.;
establishment;
workmanship,
performance;
achievement
etc.
(completion)
729.
flowering,
fructification;
inflorescence.
bringing forth
etc.
v.;
parturition,
birth,
birth-throe,
childbirth,
delivery,
confinement,
accouchement,
travail,
labor,
midwifery,
obstetrics;
geniture†;
gestation
etc.
(maturation)
673;
assimilation;
evolution,
development,
growth;
entelechy [Phil.];
fertilization,
gemination,
germination,
heterogamy [Biol.],
genesis,
generation,
epigenesis†,
procreation,
progeneration†,
propagation;
fecundation,
impregnation;
albumen
etc.
357.
spontaneous generation;
archegenesis†,
archebiosis†;
biogenesis,
abiogenesis†,
digenesis†,
dysmerogenesis†,
eumerogenesis†,
heterogenesis†,
oogenesis,
merogenesis†,
metogenesis†,
monogenesis†,
parthenogenesis,
homogenesis†,
xenogenesis1†;
authorship,
publication;
works,
opus,
oeuvre.
biogeny†,
dissogeny†,
xenogeny†;
tocogony†,
vacuolization.
edifice,
building,
structure,
fabric,
erection,
pile,
tower,
flower,
fruit.
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Roget 522:
interpretation,
definition;
explanation,
explication;
solution,
answer;
rationale;
plain interpretation,
simple interpretation,
strict interpretation;
meaning
etc.
516.
translation;
rendering,
rendition;
redition†;
literal translation,
free translation;
key;
secret;
clew
etc.
(indication)
550;
clavis†,
crib,
pony,
trot [U.S.].
exegesis;
expounding,
exposition;
hermeneutics;
comment,
commentary;
inference
etc.
(deduction)
480;
illustration,
exemplification;
gloss,
annotation,
scholium†,
note;
elucidation,
dilucidation†;
eclaircissement [Fr.],
mot d'enigme [Fr.].
[methods of interpreting - list]
symptomatology [Med.],
semiology,
semeiology†,
semiotics;
metoposcopy†,
physiognomy;
paleography
etc.
(philology)
560;
oneirology acception†,
acceptation,
acceptance;
light,
reading,
lection,
construction,
version.
equivalent,
equivalent meaning
etc.
516;
synonym;
paraphrase,
metaphrase†;
convertible terms,
apposition;
dictionary
etc.
562;
polyglot.
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Dutch: bouw, constructie
Polish: budownictwo
2 construction
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.
synonyms: expression, grammatical construction.
3 construction
The creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought.
synonym: mental synthesis.
4 construction
A thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts:
— She wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons.
synonym: structure.
Roget 240:
form,
figure,
shape;
conformation,
configuration;
make,
formation,
frame,
construction,
cut,
set,
build,
trim,
cut of one's jib;
stamp,
type,
cast,
mold;
fashion;
contour
etc.
(outline)
230;
structure
etc.
329;
plasmature†.
feature,
lineament,
turn;
phase
etc.
(aspect)
448;
posture,
attitude,
pose.
[Science of form]
morphism.
[Similarity of form]
isomorphism.
forming
etc.
v.;
formation,
figuration,
efformation†;
sculpture;
plasmation†.
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Roget 329:
structure
(form)
240,
organization,
anatomy,
frame,
mold,
fabric,
construction;
framework,
carcass,
architecture;
stratification,
cleavage.
substance,
stuff,
compages†,
parenchyma [Biol.];
constitution,
staple,
organism.
[Science of structures]
organography†,
osteology,
myology,
splanchnology†,
neurology,
angiography†,
adeology†;
angiography†,
adenography†.
texture,
surface texture;
intertexture†,
contexture†;
tissue,
grain,
web,
surface;
warp and woof,
warp and weft;
tooth,
nap
etc.
(roughness)
256;
flatness
(smoothness)
255;
fineness of grain;
coarseness of grain,
dry goods.
silk,
satin;
muslin,
burlap.
[Science of textures]
histology.
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Dutch: bouwwerk
5 construction
Drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem.
6 construction
An interpretation of a text or action:
— They put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct.
synonym: twist.
Dutch: constructie
7 construction
The commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones:
— Their main business is home construction.
synonym: building.
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