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construction - the act of constructing something; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats" |
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building |
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creating from raw materials the act of creating something that is different from the materials that went into it
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crenelation,
crenellation the action of constructing ramparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows
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erecting,
erection the act of building or putting up
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house-raising construction by a group of neighbors
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fabrication,
assembly the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)
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dry walling the activity of building stone walls without mortar
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grading,
leveling changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface
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road construction the construction of roads
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ship building,
shipbuilding the construction of ships
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rustication banishment into the country
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construction - the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones; "their main business is home construction"; "workers in the building trades" |
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building |
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business enterprise,
commercial enterprise,
business the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business"
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masonry the craft of a mason
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house painting,
painting the occupation of a house painter; "house painting was the only craft he knew"
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plumbery,
plumbing the occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building)
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roofing the craft of a roofer
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sheet-metal work the craft of doing sheet metal work (as in ventilation systems)
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shingling the laying on of shingles; "shingling is a craft very different from carpentry"
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jerry-building construction of inferior buildings for a quick profit
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construction - a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit; "I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner" |
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expression |
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misconstruction an ungrammatical constituent
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grammatical constituent,
constituent (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction
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adjunct a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence
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clause (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
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complement something added to complete or embellish or make perfect; "a fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner"; "wild rice was served as an accompaniment to the main dish"
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involution the action of enfolding something
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phrase dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence
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predicator an expression that predicates
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construction - drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem; "the assignment was to make a construction that could be used in proving the Pythagorean theorem" |
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mathematical operation,
mathematical process,
operation (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods; "the problems at the end of the chapter demonstrated the mathematical processes involved in the derivation"; "they were learning the basic operations of arithmetic"
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quadrature the construction of a square having the same area as some other figure
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construction - the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought |
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cerebration,
intellection,
mentation,
thinking,
thought process,
thought the process of using your mind to consider something carefully; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought"
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crystallization a mental synthesis that becomes fixed or concrete by a process resembling crystal formation
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gestation the conception and development of an idea or plan
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construction - an interpretation of a text or action; "they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct" |
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twist |
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interpretation an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious; "the edict was subject to many interpretations"; "he annoyed us with his interpreting of parables"; "often imitations are extended to provide a more accurate rendition of the child's intended meaning"
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