of roads / buildings
1 [U] the process or method of building or making sth, especially roads, buildings, bridges, etc:
the construction industry * road construction * Work has been begun on the construction of the new airport. * Our new offices are still under construction (= being built). * the construction of a new database
2 [U] the way that sth has been built or made:
light / strong / weak in construction * ships of steel construction
building / structure
3 [C] (formal) a thing that has been built or made:
The summer house was a simple wooden construction.
grammar
4 [C] the way in which words are used together and arranged to form a sentence, phrase, etc:
grammatical constructions
of theory, etc.
5 [U,C] the creating of sth from ideas, opinions and knowledge:
the construction of a new theory
meaning
6 [C] (formal) the way in which words, actions, statements, etc. are understood by sb
SYNINTERPRETATION:
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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This entry for construction is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is construction a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, construction is tagged as noun.
Does construction appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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