| noun | the act of constructing something “during the construction we had to take a detour” |
| noun | 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” |
| noun | the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought |
| noun | a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts “the structure consisted of a series of arches” |
| noun | 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” |
| noun | an interpretation of a text or action “they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct” |
| noun | the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones “their main business is home construction” |
| construct | verb | make by combining materials and parts |
| build | verb | make by combining materials and parts |
| twist | verb | practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive |