construction

Letters that make construction

s, o, n, c, r, t, i, u are letters that make 'construction'

Words within construction

construct, ti, on, con, ruction, CT, CO, Io, ion, Co, Ru, Ti are words within 'construction'


7 possible definitions for 'construction'

Construction as "a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit"

Under this definition, construction is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

expression, grammatical construction have the same meaning as 'construction'

Antonyms

misconstruction has the opposite meaning of construction

construction as a type

'construction' can be a type of constituent, grammatical constituent.

Types of construction

phrase, adjunct, complement, predicator, involution, clause are types of 'construction'.

Example of construction used within this context

"I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner"


Construction as "a thing constructed, a complex entity constructed of many parts"

Under this definition, construction is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

structure has the same meaning as construction

construction as a type

'construction' can be a type of artifact, artefact.

Types of construction

airdock, hangar, repair shed, altar, arcade, colonnade, area, balcony, balcony, bascule, edifice, building complex, whorl, coil, column, pillar, corner, quoin, deathtrap, door, false bottom, floor, storey, story, fountain, cardhouse, card-house, cardcastle, living accommodations, jungle gym, landing place, lookout station, observatory, memorial, monument, hill, impediment, obstructor, obstructer, weapons platform, set-back, setoff, offset, shelter, shoebox, signboard, sign, stadium, sports stadium, superstructure, supporting structure, transept, trestlework, tower, ways, slipway, wellhead, wind tunnel, boarding, span, complex, building, colonnade, erection, guide, lodging, housing, hull, lamination, lookout, masonry, mound, impedimenta, partition, platform, prefab, sail, bowl, arena, shipway, catchment, defensive structure, entablature, observation tower, post and lintel, public works, equipoise, honeycomb, balance, counterbalance, equilibrium, body, helix, house of cards, divider, porch, vaulting, bridge, cross, level, arch, spiral, volute, landing, projection, establishment, obstruction, defense, defence are types of 'construction'.

Parts of construction

fundament, substructure, understructure, structural member, groundwork, base, foundation, plate, foot are parts of 'construction'.

Example of construction used within this context

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


Construction as "an interpretation of a text or action"

Under this definition, construction is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

twist has the same meaning as construction

construction as a type

'construction' can be a type of interpretation.

Derivatives of construction

twist around, pervert, sophisticate, convolute, twist are derivatives of 'construction'.

Example of construction used within this context

"they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct"


Construction as "the creation of a construct, the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought"

Under this definition, construction is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

mental synthesis has the same meaning as construction

construction as a type

'construction' can be a type of thought process, thought, thinking, cerebration, intellection, mentation.

Types of construction

crystallization, gestation are types of 'construction'.


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

Under this definition, construction is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

building has the same meaning as construction

construction as a type

'construction' can be a type of business, commercial enterprise, business enterprise.

Types of construction

jerry-building is a type of construction.

Parts of construction

masonry, painting, house painting, plumbing, plumbery, roofing, sheet-metal work, shingling are parts of 'construction'.

Derivatives of construction

build are derivatives of 'construction'.

Example of construction used within this context

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


Construction as "the act of constructing something"

Under this definition, construction is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

building has the same meaning as construction

construction as a type

'construction' can be a type of creating from raw materials.

Types of construction

leveling, grading, rustication, fabrication, crenelation, crenellation, erecting, erection, house-raising, assembly, dry walling, road construction, shipbuilding, ship building are types of 'construction'.

construction as a category

groin, put up, reface, prefabricate, frame up, preassemble, wattle, reconstruct, rear, erect, raise, rebuild, frame, set up are categories of 'construction'.

Derivatives of construction

build, construct, make are derivatives of 'construction'.

Example of construction used within this context

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


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

Under this definition, construction is a noun and has the following properties:

construction as a type

'construction' can be a type of mathematical process, operation, mathematical operation.

Types of construction

quadrature is a type of construction.

Derivatives of construction

construct is a derivative of construction.

Example of construction used within this context

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



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