construction (EN)

noun

noun “construction”

1. the act or process of building something
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   The construction of the new hospital will take two years.
2. the industry or business of building structures
   He works in construction and specializes in designing bridges.
3. a building or structure that has been built
   The skyscraper is an impressive construction made of glass and steel.
4. the way in which something is built or put together
   The construction of this chair makes it comfortable to sit on.
5. (grammar) a particular arrangement of words in a sentence
   The sentence uses a complex grammatical construction.
6. (geometry) a drawing made with mathematical instruments following specific rules
   In geometry class, we learned the construction of a perpendicular bisector.
7. the interpretation or explanation of a text, action, or statement
   She put a positive construction on his words and believed he was sincere.