the act of constructing something; during the construction we had to take a detour; his hobby was the building of boats

[ Syn: building ]

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

[ Syn: grammatical construction , expression ]

the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought

[ Syn: mental synthesis ]

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

[ Syn: structure ]

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'

an interpretation of a text or action; they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct

[ Syn: twist ]

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 ]