Definitions for construction
kənˈstrʌk ʃəncon·struc·tion

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. construction, buildingnoun

   the act of constructing something

   "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats"

2. construction, grammatical construction, expressionnoun

   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"

3. construction, mental synthesisnoun

   the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought

4. structure, constructionnoun

   a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts

   "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"

5. constructionnoun

   drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem

   "the assignment was to make a construction that could be used in proving the Pythagorean theorem"

6. construction, twistnoun

   an interpretation of a text or action

   "they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct"

7. construction, buildingnoun

   the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones

   "their main business is home construction"; "workers in the building trades"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. constructionnoun

   The process of constructing.

   Construction is underway on the new bridge.

2. constructionnoun

   Anything that has been constructed.

   The engineer marvelled at his construction.

3. constructionnoun

   The trade of building structures

   He had worked in construction all his life.

4. constructionnoun

   A building, model or some other structure

   The office was a construction of steel and glass

5. constructionnoun

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

   "Construction in string and clockwork" took first prize

6. constructionnoun

   The manner in which something is built.

   A thing of simple construction

7. constructionnoun

   A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.

8. constructionnoun

   The act or result of construing the meaning of something.

   American conservatives tend to favor strict construction of the Constitution.

9. constructionnoun

   The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker.

10. constructionnoun

    A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.

11. Etymology: From constructio, from construere, present active infinitive of construo.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Constructionnoun

   Etymology: constructio, Latin.

   1. The act of building, or piling up in a regular method.2. The form of building; structure; conformation.

   There’s no art
   To shew the mind’s construction in the face. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   The ways were made of several layers of flat stones and flint: the construction was a little various, according to the nature of the soil, or the materials which they found. Arbuth.

   3. [In grammar.]The putting of words, duly chosen, together in such a manner as is proper to convey a complete sense. John Clarke Latin Grammar.

   Some particles constantly, and others in certain constructions, have the sense of a whole sentence contained in them. John Locke.

   4. The act of arranging terms in the proper order, by disentangling transpositions; the act of interpreting; explanation.

   This label, whose containing
   Is so from sense in hardness, that I can
   Make no collection of it, let him shew
   His skill in the construction. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

   5. The sense; the meaning; interpretation.

   In which sense although we judge the apostle’s words to have been uttered, yet hereunto we do not require them to yield, that think any other construction more sound. Richard Hooker.

   He that would live at ease, should always put the best construction on business and conversation. Jeremy Collier, on the Spleen.

   Religion, in its own nature, produces good will towards men, and puts the mildest construction upon every accident that befals them. Spectator, №. 483.

   6. Judgment; mental representation.

   It cannot, therefore, unto reasonable constructions seem strange, or savour of singularity, that we have examined this point. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. iv. c. 13.

   7. The manner of describing a figure or problem in geometry.8. Construction of Equations, in algebra, is the method of reducing a known equation into lines and figures, in order to a geometrical demonstration.

Wikipedia(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Construction

   Construction is a general term meaning the art and science to form objects, systems, or organizations, and comes from Latin constructio (from com- "together" and struere "to pile up") and Old French construction. To construct is the verb: the act of building, and the noun is construction: how something is built, the nature of its structure. In its most widely used context, construction covers the processes involved in delivering buildings, infrastructure and industrial facilities, and associated activities through to the end of their life. It typically starts with planning, financing, and design, and continues until the asset is built and ready for use; construction also covers repairs and maintenance work, any works to expand, extend and improve the asset, and its eventual demolition, dismantling or decommissioning. As an industry sector, construction accounts for more than 10% of global GDP (6-9% in developed countries) and employs around 7% of the global workforce - over 273m people. The output of the global construction industry was worth an estimated $10.8 trillion in 2017.

Webster Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Constructionnoun

   the process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition

2. Constructionnoun

   the form or manner of building or putting together the parts of anything; structure; arrangement

3. Constructionnoun

   the arrangement and connection of words in a sentence; syntactical arrangement

4. Constructionnoun

   the method of construing, interpreting, or explaining a declaration or fact; an attributed sense or meaning; understanding; explanation; interpretation; sense

5. Etymology: [L. constructio: cf. F. construction.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Construction

   In the fields of architecture and civil engineering, construction is a process that consists of the building or assembling of infrastructure. Far from being a single activity, large scale construction is a feat of human multitasking. Normally, the job is managed by a project manager, and supervised by a construction manager, design engineer, construction engineer or project architect. For the successful execution of a project, effective planning is essential. Involved with the design and execution of the infrastructure in question must consider the environmental impact of the job, the successful scheduling, budgeting, construction site safety, availability of building materials, logistics, inconvenience to the public caused by construction delays and bidding, etc.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. construction

   In naval architecture, is to give the ship such a form as may be most suitable for the service for which she is designed. In navigation, it is the method of ascertaining a ship's course by trigonometrical diagrams. (See INSPECTION.)

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. construction

   The intuitive, perfect, easy, accurate, simple, specific ability, capacity, experience, knowledge, training, qualifications and skills to construct.

   The construction of the houses was so easy, they managed to secure the employees to work on the construction sites.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 18, 2020  

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1. construction

   The construction symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the construction symbol and its characteristic.

Matched Categories

1. • Artifact
   • Commercial Enterprise
   • Creating From Raw Materials
   • Interpretation
   • Mathematical Process
   • Thinking

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'construction' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1608

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'construction' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4018

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'construction' in Nouns Frequency: #705

How to pronounce construction?

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   Mark

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   Mia

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of construction in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of construction in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of construction in a Sentence

1. Mark Palim:

   Widespread anecdotal reports point to builders delaying or turning down orders to allow shortages to ease and to catch up to a growing construction backlog.

2. Mick Mulvaney:

   The next question is going to be: How many miles of wall does that build, right? We don't know the answer to that question because we haven't settled on construction types, we haven't settled on where we're going to start.

3. Massimo Vidale:

   The construction of the Temple of Allat seems to be a bold move by King Sanatruq I, importing Allat -- one of the most important pre-Islamic Arab deities.

4. Anthony Banbury:

   Earlier decisions about the need for rapid construction of large ETU's (Ebola Treatment Centres) were taken in a certain context where that's what made sense .... Those efforts were to a large degree successful. But in the meantime the disease has spread.

5. Eduardo Serpa:

   What we're doing is bringing forward what we've already committed to spending. We'd planned to spend 650 million soles on this in the operation stage, now we're bringing 100 million of that forward to the construction stage, with regards to the rest, we're within the budgets set out for the project.

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