construct
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(verb) draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions, of geometrical figures |
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Related Words: delineate, describe, draw, line, outline, trace |
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(verb) make by combining materials and parts: "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer" |
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Synonyms: build, make |
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Related Words: cantilever, corduroy, create, customise, customize, erect, frame up, frames, groin, make, put up, raise, rear, rebuild, reconstruct, set up, wattle |
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(verb) of past events |
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Synonyms: reconstruct, retrace |
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Related Words: conjecture, etymologize, hypothecate, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize |
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(verb) put together out of components or parts; "Ford makes cars"; "They manufacture small toys" |
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Synonyms: fabricate, manufacture |
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Related Words: make, mass-produce, raft |
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(noun) an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances |
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Synonyms: concept, conception |
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Related Words: abstract, abstraction, attribute, category, conceptuality, conceptualization, dimension, division, fact, hypothesis, idea, imaginary being, imaginary creature, law, law of nature, linguistic rule, natural law, notion, part, possibility, property, quantity, regulation, rule, section, theory, thought, whole |
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