Construct

  • 1construct — con‧struct [kənˈstrʌkt] verb [transitive] 1. PROPERTY to build houses, apartments, offices, factories, roads etc: • It was the world s costliest hotel to construct at an estimated $1 million a room. 2. MANUFACTURING to manufacture things… …

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  • 2construct — CONSTRÚCT, constructe, s.n. (livr.) Concept abstract realizat pe baza activităţii practice intuitive; sistem teoretic ipotetic. – Din engl. construct. . Trimis de LauraGellner, 30.07.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  constrúct s. n., pl. constrúcte Trimis de …

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  • 3Construct — Con*struct (k[o^]n*str[u^]kt ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Constructed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Constructing}.] [L. constructus, p. p. of construere to bring together, to construct; con + struere to pile up, set in order. See {Structure}, and cf.… …

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  • 4Construct — Con struct, a. Formed by, or relating to, construction, interpretation, or inference. [1913 Webster] {Construct form} or {Construct state} (Heb. Gram.), that of a noun used before another which has the genitive relation to it. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 5Construct — Développeur Scirra Environnem …

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  • 6construct — index build (construct), compose, create, devise (invent), establish (launch), forge (produce) …

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  • 7construct — construct, construe are related words (from Latin struere ‘to build’) which are both used to denote grammatical function. A word is construed or constructed with (e.g.) on when on is its regular complement, e.g. insist on and rely on (the OED… …

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  • 8construct — [kən strukt′; ] for n. [ kän′strukt΄] vt. [< L constructus, pp. of construere < com , together + struere, to pile up, build: see STREW] 1. to build, form, or devise by fitting parts or elements together systematically 2. Geom. to draw (a… …

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  • 9construct — (v.) early 15c., from L. constructus, pp. of construere to heap up (see CONSTRUCTION (Cf. construction)). The noun is recorded from 1871 in linguistics, 1890 in psychology, 1933 in the general sense of anything constructed. Related: Constructed;… …

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  • 10construct — *build, erect, frame, raise, rear Analogous words: fabricate, manufacture, fashion, *make: produce, turn out, yield (see BEAR) Antonyms: demolish: analyze Contrasted words: *destroy, raze: *ruin, wreck …

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