CONSTRUCTION

The act of constructing something

Example: "During the construction we had to take a detour"

A group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit

Example: "I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner"

The creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought

A thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts

Example: "The structure consisted of a series of arches"

Drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem

Example: "The assignment was to make a construction that could be used in proving the pythagorean theorem"

An interpretation of a text or action

Example: "They put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct"

The commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones

Example: "Their main business is home construction"