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construction (oh)



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1 ?building something?
2 ?making something from many parts?
3 ?way something is made?
4 ?a building/structure?
5 ?grammar?
6 ?ideas/knowledge?
7 put a construction on something
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?BUILDING SOMETHING?
[U] the process of building things such as houses, bridges, roads etc
construction of
::the construction of a new airport
under construction
(=being built)
::The hotel is currently under construction.
::a road construction project
::construction workers
?MAKING SOMETHING FROM MANY PARTS?
[U] the process of making something using many parts
::Work out the exact design before you start construction.
?WAY SOMETHING IS MADE?
[U] the materials used to build or make something, or its design and structure
::The houses were partly timber in construction.
::External doors should be of robust construction.
?A BUILDING/STRUCTURE?
[C] formal something that has been built
::a strange construction made of wood and glass
?GRAMMAR?
[C] the way in which words are put together in a sentence, phrase etc
::difficult grammatical constructions
?IDEAS/KNOWLEDGE?
[U] the process of forming something from knowledge or ideas
::the construction of sociological theory
put a construction on sth
formal to think that a statement has a particular meaning or that something was done for a particular reason
::The judge put an entirely different construction on his remarks.
-- constructional adj