construction
nouns
the act of constructing something
"during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats"
is derived from
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"
antonym
the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought
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"
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"
is derived from
is a type of (narrower)
(mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods
"the problems at the end of the chapter demonstrated the mathematical processes involved in the derivation"; "they were learning the basic operations of arithmetic"
an interpretation of a text or action
"they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct"
the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones
"their main business is home construction"; "workers in the building trades"
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