Construct

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  • transitive verb. To form by assembling or combining parts; build.
  • transitive verb. To create (an argument or a sentence, for example) by systematically arranging ideas or terms.
  • transitive verb. To draw (a geometric figure) that meets specific requirements.
  • noun. Something formed or constructed from parts.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A concept, model, or schematic idea.
  • noun. A concrete image or idea.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In grammar, constituting or expressing connection as governing substantive with the substantive governed.
  • noun. Something constructed or created.
  • noun. In compar. psychol., the mental picture answering to a real or a possible object of sense: regarded as the mental result of the action of external stimuli.
  • noun. In mathematics, a configuration or surface.
  • To put together the parts of in their proper place and order; erect; build; form: as, to construct an edifice or a ship.
  • To devise and put into orderly arrangement; form by the mind; frame; fabricate; evolve the form of: as, to construct a story.
  • To interpret or understand; construe.
  • To draw, as a figure, so as to fulfil given conditions. See construction, 4.
  • To engage in or practise construction.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Formed by, or relating to, construction, interpretation, or inference.
  • adjective. that of a noun used before another which has the genitive relation to it.
  • adjective. undefined
  • transitive verb. To put together the constituent parts of (something) in their proper place and order; to build; to form; to make.
  • transitive verb. To devise; to invent; to set in order; to arrange.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Something constructed from parts.
  • noun. A concept or model.
  • verb. To build or form (something) by assembling parts.
  • verb. Similarly, to build (a sentence or an argument) by arranging words or ideas.
  • verb. (geometry) To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using geometric tools and techniques.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
  • verb. reassemble mentally
  • verb. put together out of artificial or natural components or parts
  • verb. make by combining materials and parts
  • verb. create by linking linguistic units
  • verb. create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts
  • verb. draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions
  • Word Usage
    "The title construct is a traveling show, headed by Dr. Parnassus (Christopher Plummer), and including his daughter Valentina (Lily Cole) and his various employees."
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