construction

plural constructions

1. countableuncountableThe process of constructing.

   Construction is underway on the new bridge.

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   89.2 million tons of RAP are used annually in new asphalt pavement construction in the United States.

   (Can we date this quote?), “RAP Benefits for Pavement Owners”, in National Asphalt Pavement Association, archived from the original on 21 Mar 2025, page 1

2. countableuncountableAnything that has been constructed.

   The engineer marvelled at his construction.

3. countableuncountableThe trade of building structures.

   He had worked in construction all his life.

4. countableuncountableA building, model or some other structure.

   The office was a construction of steel and glass.

5. countableuncountableartA (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.

   "Construction in string and clockwork" took first prize.

6. countableuncountableThe manner in which something is built.

   A thing of simple construction.

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   Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins like a veteran army that had marched down to drink, only to be stricken motionless at the water’s edge.

   1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad

7. countableuncountablegrammarA group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.
8. countableuncountableThe act or result of construing the meaning of something.

   American conservatives tend to favor strict construction of the Constitution.

9. countableuncountableThe meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker.

   He had considered sending Lucille away to stay with relations. But then people might have put the worst construction on it – might believe she had done something she shouldn't have.

   1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial, published 2007, page 95

10. countableuncountablegeometryA geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.