construction

English

/kənˈstɹʌkʃən/

noun
Definitions
  • The process of constructing.
  • Anything that has been constructed.
  • The trade of building structures.
  • A building, model or some other structure.
  • (arts) A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.
  • The manner in which something is built.
  • (grammar) A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.
  • The act or result of construing the meaning of something.
  • The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker.
  • (geometry) A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French construction derived from Latin cōnstructiō (a grammatical construction) root from Proto-Indo-European *strew- (strew, spread, spread out, scatter, spread around).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*strew-

Gloss

strew, spread, spread out, scatter, spread around

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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