construction
[noun]
Synonyms:
- building, composition, creation, edifice
- interpretation, explanation, inference, reading, rendering

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con‧struc‧tion S3 W2 AC /kənˈstrʌkʃən/ noun
[Word Family: noun: construction, reconstruction, constructor, construct; verb: construct, reconstruct]

1. BUILDING SOMETHING [uncountable] the process of building things such as houses, bridges, roads etc
construction of
the construction of a new airport
under construction (=being built)
The hotel is currently under construction.
a road construction project
construction workers

2. MAKING SOMETHING FROM MANY PARTS [uncountable] the process of making something using many parts:
Work out the exact design before you start construction.

3. WAY SOMETHING IS MADE [uncountable] the materials used to build or make something, or its design and structure:
The houses were partly timber in construction.
External doors should be of robust construction.

4. A BUILDING/STRUCTURE [countable] formal something that has been built:
a modern construction

5. GRAMMAR [countable] the way in which words are put together in a sentence, phrase etc:
difficult grammatical constructions

6. IDEAS/KNOWLEDGE [uncountable] the process of forming something from knowledge or ideas:
the construction of sociological theory

7. put a construction on something formal to think that a statement has a particular meaning or that something was done for a particular reason:
The judge put an entirely different construction on his remarks.
—constructional adjective

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

construction
noun
I. roads/buildings
ADJ. gigantic, huge, large, massive massive constructions of bamboo and paper
basic, simple It has a basic construction of brick under a tiled roof.
complex | heavy the heavy construction industry
solid walls of solid construction
careful The drainage system needs careful construction.
brick, fibreglass, steel, timber, timber-frame, wooden a two-storey brick construction a schoolhouse of brick construction
bridge, building, canal, house/housing, railway, road Road and bridge construction is underway.
VERB + CONSTRUCTION begin, start | complete Construction of the new road has now been completed.
CONSTRUCTION + VERB be underway
CONSTRUCTION + NOUN industry, sector | company, firm, group | project, programme | contract | job | work | worker | site, yard | costs | materials | method, process, technique
PREP. during (the) ~ Major engineering challenges will be faced during construction.
under ~ A new factory is under construction.

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construction
II. grammar
ADJ. grammatical, linguistic, sentence, syntactic | active, passive | adjectival, infinitive, predicative

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construction
III. interpretation
ADJ. literal | logical, sensible | proper, true ruling on the proper construction to be given to section 78 of the Act
strict a strict construction of the clause
ideological, social, theoretical changes in the social construction of marriage (= the meaning of marriage in society)
VERB + CONSTRUCTION give sth, put on sth What construction do you put on this letter (= what do you think it means)?

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

construction

the construction industry
The construction industry had a hard time during the recession.
a construction company/firm
It’s the largest construction company in Mexico.
a construction worker
Thousands of construction workers are out of work.
construction work
Construction work on the new road is expected to take two years.
a construction site (=an area where something is being built)
Safety is very important on a construction site.
a construction project/programme
There are always a lot of large construction projects in Dubai.
construction materials
expensive construction materials like cement and steel
construction costs
The total construction costs will reach £125 million.
be under construction (=be being built)
A new road is currently under construction.
begin/start construction
Developers are planning to begin construction on a new housing project.
complete construction
We expect to complete construction in January.

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