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construction

noun
  1. 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”
  2. the act of constructing something
    “during the construction we had to take a detour”
    building
  3. the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones
    “their main business is home construction”
    building
  4. a thing constructed
    structure
  5. the creation of a construct
    mental synthesis
  6. a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit
    “I concluded from their awkward constructions that they were a foreigner.”
    expressiongrammatical construction
  7. an interpretation of a text or action
    “They put an unsympathetic construction on the children's conduct.”
    twist