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   construct

   verb

   • 1. build or make (something, typically a building, road, or machine): "a company that constructs oil rigs" Similar builderectput upset upraiseestablishassemblemanufacturefabricateformfashioncontrivecreatemakeOpposite demolish
   • ▪ form (an idea or theory) by bringing together various conceptual elements: "poetics should construct a theory of literary discourse" Similar formulateformput togethercreatedevisedesigninventcomposeconcoctcontrivework outhatchfashionmouldmodelshapeframeforgeengineerfabricatemanufacturehammer outthrash out
   • ▪ form (a sentence) according to grammatical rules: "these rules tell us how to construct a grammatical sentence in a given language"
   • ▪ draw or delineate (a geometrical figure) accurately to given conditions: "construct a square equal in area to a given circle"

   noun

   • 1. an idea or theory containing various conceptual elements, typically one considered to be subjective and not based on empirical evidence: "history is largely an ideological construct"
   • ▪ a group of words forming a phrase: "the appropriateness of the grammatical construct is illustrated"
   • ▪ a physical thing which is deliberately built or formed: "a transgenic construct"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin construct- ‘heaped together, built’, from the verb construere, from con- ‘together’ + struere ‘pile, build’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. constructible adjective

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   What does construct mean?

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   • Other forms: constructed; constructing; constructs To construct things is to build them. You might construct a sand castle the next time you're at the beach, or you might construct a theory about why your brother always manages to get away with breaking the rules. The verb construct comes from the Latin word constructus, meaning “to heap up.”

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   What is the meaning of construction?

   • 1. to build or form by putting together parts. 2. Geom. to draw (a figure) fulfilling certain given conditions. n. 3. something constructed. 4. an image, idea, or theory, esp. a complex one formed from a number of simpler elements. con•struc′tor, con•struct′er, n.

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   What is a construct in architecture?

   • A construct is something that is created, often with a complex form. The verb form of construct, pronounced kuhn-struhkt, is most often used to refer to buildings and monuments being built, but it can be used in any situation where something is built or parts are combined.

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   The meaning of CONSTRUCT is to make or form by combining or arranging parts or elements : build; also : contrive, devise. How to use construct in a sentence.

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   The noun form of construct, pronounced kon-struhkt, is anything that is built, either literally or figuratively. It is most often used figuratively to describe something that is made up of practices or ideas from a specific philosophy or school of thought.

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   To construct things is to build them. You might construct a sand castle the next time you're at the beach, or you might construct a theory about why your brother always manages to get away with breaking the rules. The verb construct comes from the Latin word constructus, meaning “to heap up.”.

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   1. Something formed or constructed from parts. 2. a. A concept, model, or schematic idea: a theoretical construct of the atom. b. A concrete image or idea: "[He] began to shift focus from the haunted constructs of terror in his early work" (Stephen Koch).

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   If you construct something such as an idea, a piece of writing, or a system, you create it by putting different parts together.