construction
kuhn struhk shuhn
- n the act of constructing something
during the construction we had to take a detour - n 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 - n the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought
- n a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons - n 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 - n an interpretation of a text or action
they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct - n the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones
their main business is home construction