con|struc|tion

con|struc|tion: con|struc|tion «kuhn STRUHK shuhn», noun.

1. the act of constructing; building: »Construction of the bridge took nearly a month. Construction is not limited to man; beavers have mastered both the science and the art.

2. the way in which a thing is constructed: »Cracks and leaks are signs of poor construction in a house.

3. a thing built or put together; structure: »The doll's house was a construction of wood and cardboard.
SYNONYM(S): building.

4. the arrangement or relation of words in a sentence, clause, phrase, or other unit. Astern (a- + stern) is a morphological construction; toward the stern is a syntactic construction. »Petrarch…indulged his fancy by deliberately reviving Latin words and constructions (H. A. Potter).

5. meaning; interpretation: »He put an unfair construction on what she said because he dislikes her.
SYNONYM(S): explanation.

6. Art. a work of constructivism.

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con|struc´tion|al|ly — con|struc|tion|al «kuhn STRUHK shuh nuhl», adjective. having to do with construction; structural. –con|struc´tion|al|ly, adverb … Useful english dictionary
con|struc|tion|al — «kuhn STRUHK shuh nuhl», adjective. having to do with construction; structural. –con|struc´tion|al|ly, adverb … Useful english dictionary
con|struc|tion|ism — «kuhn STRUHCK shuh nihz uhm», noun. = constructivism. (Cf. ↑constructivism) … Useful english dictionary
con|struc|tion|ist — «kuhn STRUHK shuh nihst», noun. 1. a person who gives a certain interpretation to laws, a constitution, or other document: »a strict or loose constructionist. 2. = constructivist. (Cf. ↑constructivist) … Useful english dictionary
de´con|struc´tion|ist — de|con|struc|tion «DEE kuhn STRUHK shuhn», noun. 1. a method of literary criticism, applied especially to poetry, in which the text is reduced to its basic linguistic and semantic elements. »He [Harold Bloom] makes the refreshing suggestion that… … Useful english dictionary
de|con|struc|tion — «DEE kuhn STRUHK shuhn», noun. 1. a method of literary criticism, applied especially to poetry, in which the text is reduced to its basic linguistic and semantic elements. »He [Harold Bloom] makes the refreshing suggestion that his exemplary… … Useful english dictionary
Re|con|struc|tion — «REE kuhn STRUHK shuhn», noun. 1. the act of constructing again. 2. the state of being constructed again. 3. something reconstructed. Re|con|struc|tion «REE kuhn STRUHK shuhn», noun. 1. the process by which the Southern states after the Civil War … Useful english dictionary
re|con|struc|tion — «REE kuhn STRUHK shuhn», noun. 1. the act of constructing again. 2. the state of being constructed again. 3. something reconstructed. Re|con|struc|tion «REE kuhn STRUHK shuhn», noun. 1. the process by which the Southern states after the Civil War … Useful english dictionary
mis|con|struc|tion — «MIHS kuhn STRUHK shuhn», noun. a wrong or mistaken meaning; misunderstanding: »What you said was open to misconstruction. SYNONYM(S): misinterpretation … Useful english dictionary
Re|con|struc|tion|ism — «REE kuhn STRUHK shuhn ihz uhm», noun. a movement in American Judaism which regards Judaism as a religious civilization and favors those institutions, customs, and religious laws, that are meaningful to Jews of all backgrounds and denominations … Useful english dictionary

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