| construction | |
| 1. n. The process of constructing. | |
| Construction is underway on the new bridge. | |
| 2. n. Anything that has been constructed. | |
| The engineer marvelled at his construction. | |
| 3. n. The trade of building structures. | |
| He had worked in construction all his life. | |
| 4. n. A building, model or some other structure. | |
| The office was a construction of steel and glass. | |
| 5. n. (arts) A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc. | |
| "Construction in string and clockwork" took first prize. | |
| 6. n. The manner in which something is built. | |
| A thing of simple construction. | |
| 7. n. (grammar) A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase. | |
| 8. n. The act or result of construing the meaning of something. | |
| American conservatives tend to favor strict construction of the Constitution. | |
| 9. n. The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker. | |
| 10. n. (geometry) A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass. | |
