Meaning & Definition of Construction in English

1. The act of constructing something

• "During the construction we had to take a detour"

• "His hobby was the building of boats"

2. 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"

3. The creation of a construct

• The process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought

4. A thing constructed

• A complex entity constructed of many parts

• "The structure consisted of a series of arches"

• "She wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"

5. 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"

6. An interpretation of a text or action

• "They put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct"

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

• "Their main business is home construction"

• "Workers in the building trades"