construction

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noun

1. the act of constructing something (Freq. 25)
- during the construction we had to take a detour
- his hobby was the building of boats
• Syn:
building
• Derivationally related forms:
build (for: building), construct
• Members of this Topic:
reface, wattle, frame, frame up, rebuild,
reconstruct, groin, raise, erect, rear, set up,
put up, prefabricate, preassemble
• Hypernyms:
creating from raw materials
• Hyponyms:
crenelation, crenellation, erecting, erection, house-raising,
fabrication, assembly, dry walling, grading, leveling, road construction,
shipbuilding, ship building, rustication
2. a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit (Freq. 5)
- I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner
• Syn:
grammatical construction, expression
• Ant:
misconstruction
• Hypernyms:
constituent, grammatical constituent
• Hyponyms:
adjunct, clause, complement, involution, phrase, predicator
3. the creation of a construct;
the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
mental synthesis
• Hypernyms:
thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation
• Hyponyms:
crystallization, gestation
4. a thing constructed;
a complex entity constructed of many parts (Freq. 1)
- the structure consisted of a series of arches
- she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons
• Syn:
structure
• Hypernyms:
artifact, artefact
• Hyponyms:
airdock, hangar, repair shed, altar, arcade,
colonnade, arch, area, balcony, bascule, boarding,
body, bridge, span, building, edifice, building complex,
complex, catchment, coil, spiral, volute, whorl,
helix, column, pillar, corner, quoin, cross,
deathtrap, defensive structure, defense, defence, door, entablature,
erection, establishment, false bottom, floor, level, storey,
story, fountain, guide, house of cards, cardhouse, card-house,
cardcastle, housing, lodging, living accommodations, hull, jungle gym,
lamination, landing, landing place, lookout, observation tower, lookout station,
observatory, masonry, memorial, monument, mound, hill,
obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimenta, partition,
divider, platform, weapons platform, porch, post and lintel, prefab,
projection, public works, sail, set-back, setoff, offset,
shelter, shoebox, signboard, sign, stadium, bowl,
arena, sports stadium, superstructure, supporting structure, tower, transept,
trestlework, vaulting, ways, shipway, slipway, wellhead,
wind tunnel, honeycomb, balance, equilibrium, equipoise, counterbalance
• Part Meronyms:
foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork,
substructure, understructure, plate, structural member
5. drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem (Freq. 1)
- the assignment was to make a construction that could be used in proving the Pythagorean theorem
• Derivationally related forms:
construct
• Hypernyms:
mathematical process, mathematical operation, operation
• Hyponyms:
quadrature
6. an interpretation of a text or action
- they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct
• Syn:
twist
• Derivationally related forms:
twist (for: twist)
• Hypernyms:
interpretation
7. the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones
- their main business is home construction
- workers in the building trades
• Syn:
building
• Derivationally related forms:
build (for: building)
• Hypernyms:
commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
• Hyponyms:
jerry-building
• Part Meronyms:
masonry, painting, house painting, plumbing, plumbery,
roofing, sheet-metal work, shingling

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  building, twist, structure, mental synthesis, grammatical construction, expression