constringe
— Verb
– English
～ become tight or as if tight; "Her throat constricted"
construal
— Noun
– English
～ an interpretation of the meaning of something; the act of construing
construct
— Verb
– English
～ create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts; "construct a proof"; "construct an argument"
construct
— Verb
– English
～ create by linking linguistic units; "construct a sentence"; "construct a paragraph"
construct
— Verb
– English
～ draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions; "construct an equilateral triangle"
construct
— Verb
– English
～ put together out of artificial or natural components or parts; "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"; "He manufactured a popular cereal"
construct
— Verb
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～ reassemble mentally; "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago"
construct
— Verb
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～ make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"
construct
— Noun
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～ an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
construction
— Noun
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～ 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"
construction
— Noun
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～ the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought
construction
— Noun
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～ a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"
construction
— Noun
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～ 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"
construction
— Noun
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～ the act of constructing something; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats"
construction
— Noun
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～ the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones; "their main business is home construction"; "workers in the building trades"
construction
— Noun
– English
～ an interpretation of a text or action; "they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct"
constructive
— Adjective
– English
～ constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development; "constructive criticism"; "a constructive attitude"; "a constructive philosophy"; "constructive permission"