the arrangement of two or more forms in a grammatical unit. Constructions involving bound forms are often called morphological, as the bound forms fif- and -teen. Those involving only free forms are often called syntactic, as the good man, in the house.
a word or phrase consisting of two or more forms arranged in a particular way.
a group of words or morphemes for which there is a rule in some part of the grammar.
6.
explanation or interpretation, as of a law, a text, or an action.
Origin
1350-1400;Middle English (< Middle French) < Latinconstrūctiōn- (stem of constrūctiō) a putting together, building, equivalent to constrūct(us) (see construct) + -iōn--ion
Related forms
constructional, adjective
constructionally, adverb
preconstruction, noun
Synonyms
6. version, rendition, story.
Examples from the web for construction
Eco-friendly building incorporates a wide variety of concepts and strategies during the design and construction process.
Now only the second floor of the three-story building will be open and operational when construction wraps up.
Some of the carpenters' benches that had been used in the construction of the building were utilized for tables.
The building, whose support columns resemble slender trees that branch out to hold up the ceiling, is still under construction.
But next the story takes a surprise turn, from destruction to construction.
The construction business is filled with war stories.
When he graduates with a two-year degree in construction management, he says, his boss will promote him.
The second factor is a concern about the construction industry's inability to predict its costs.
There is irony here, because geothermal should actually make more sense for old construction than for new.
He became certified in residential construction while working as a structural engineer in a homebuilding firm.
British Dictionary definitions for construction
construction
/kənˈstrʌkʃən/
noun
1.
the process or act of constructing or manner in which a thing is constructed
2.
the thing constructed; a structure
3.
the business or work of building dwellings, offices, etc
(as modifier): a construction site
4.
an interpretation or explanation of a law, text, action, etc: they put a sympathetic construction on her behaviour
5.
(grammar) a group of words that together make up one of the constituents into which a sentence may be analysed; a phrase or clause
6.
(geometry) a drawing of a line, angle, or figure satisfying certain conditions, used in solving a problem or proving a theorem
7.
an abstract work of art in three dimensions or relief See also constructivism (sense 1)
late 14c., from Old French construction or directly from Latin constructionem (nominative constructio), from construct-, past participle stem of construere "pile up together, accumulate; build, make, erect," from com- "together" (see com-) + struere "to pile up" (see structure (n.)).