construction
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(noun) 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" |
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Related Words: mathematical operation, mathematical process, operation, quadrature |
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(noun) the act of constructing or building something; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats" |
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Synonyms: building |
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Related Words: assembly, creating from raw materials, dry walling, erecting, erection, fabrication, grading, house-raising, leveling, road construction, shipbuilding |
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(noun) the commercial activity involved in constructing buildings; "their main business is home construction"; "workers in the building trades" |
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Synonyms: building |
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Related Words: business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise, jerry-building |
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(noun) the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought |
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Synonyms: mental synthesis |
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Related Words: cerebration, intellection, mentation, thinking, thought |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: expression |
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Related Words: clause, complement, constituent, grammatical constituent, misconstruction, phrase, predicator |
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(noun) an interpretation of a text or action; "they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct" |
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Synonyms: twist |
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Related Words: interpretation |
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(noun) a thing constructed; a complex construction or entity; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" |
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Synonyms: structure |
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Related Words: altar, arcade, arch, area, arena, arrangement, artefact, artifact, balance, balcony, bascule, base, boarding, body, bowl, bridge, building, building complex, cardcastle, cardhouse, catchment, coil, colonnade, column, complex, corner, counterbalance, cross, deathtrap, defence, defense, defensive structure, divider, edifice, entablature, equilibrium, equipoise, erection, establishment, floor, fountain, helix, hill, house of cards, housing, hull, impediment, impedimenta, infrastructure, landing, landing place, level, lodging, lookout, lookout station, masonry, memorial, monument, mound, observation tower, observatory, obstruction, offset, partition, pillar, platform, porch, post and lintel, prefab, projection, protuberance, public works, quoin, set back, setoff, shelter, shipway, shoebox, sign, signboard, slipway, span, spiral, stadium, storey, story, superstructure, supporting structure, tower, transept, trestlework, vaulting, volute, ways, weapons platform, wellhead, whorl, wind tunnel |
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