construction

noun constructions

1. countable, uncountable The process of constructing. Construction is underway on the new bridge.
2. countable, uncountable Anything that has been constructed. The engineer marvelled at his construction.
3. countable, uncountable The trade of building structures. He had worked in construction all his life.
4. countable, uncountable A building, model or some other structure. The office was a construction of steel and glass.
5. countable, uncountable A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc. "Construction in string and clockwork" took first prize.
6. countable, uncountable The manner in which something is built. A thing of simple construction.
7. countable, uncountable A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.
8. countable, uncountable The act or result of construing the meaning of something. American conservatives tend to favor strict construction of the Constitution.
9. countable, uncountable The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker. He had considered sending Lucille away to stay with relations. But then people might have put the worst construction on it – might believe she had done something she shouldn't have.
10. countable, uncountable A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.

Similar: building, construal · Opposite: destruction