construct
Definitions
verb
(tr)- to put together substances or parts, esp systematically, in order to make or build (a building, bridge, etc); assemble
- to compose or frame mentally (an argument, sentence, etc)
- geometry to draw (a line, angle, or figure) so that certain requirements are satisfied
noun
- something formulated or built systematically
- a complex idea resulting from a synthesis of simpler ideas
- psychology a model devised on the basis of observation, designed to relate what is observed to some theoretical framework
Alternative Forms
conˈstructible adjective conˈstructor conˈstructer nounWord Origin
C17: from Latin constructus piled up, from construere to heap together, build, from struere to arrange, erectTranslations
- British English:
construct
If you construct something, you build, make, or create it.He plans to construct a hotel here.kənˈstrʌkt VERB He plans to construct a hotel here. - Spanish:
construir
v
- French:
construire
vt
- German:
errichten
v
- Chinese: 建造 v
- Arabic: يُنْشِئُ v
- Portuguese: construir v
- Russian: строить v
- Croatian: sagraditi v
- Czech: postavit v stavět
- Danish: konstruere v
- Dutch: bouwen v
- Finnish: rakentaa v
- Greek: κατασκευάζω v
- Italian: costruire v
- Japanese: 建設する v
- Korean: 건설하다 v
- Norwegian: konstruere v
- Polish: zbudować v budować
- Brazilian Portuguese: construir v
- European Spanish:
construir
v
- Swedish: konstruera v
- Thai: สร้าง v
- Turkish: yapmak v
- Vietnamese: xây dựng v
Usage examples
To construct this sort of charm, you have to know the woman from the skin in.
, THE GOLDEN FOOL: Book Two of the Tawny Man (2002)They have the power of description and we succumb to the pictures they construct '.
Spiked (2002)The 3,000-square-foot house is conceptually ambitious but easy to construct and inexpensive for its size.
Globe and Mail (2003)Straight lines are also easier to construct than curves or circles.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Hill, meanwhile, must construct his one-man comedy bivouac anew each time he goes onstage.
, SUNSHINE ON PUTTY: The Golden Age of British Comedy from The Big Night Out to The Office (2004)