Construct and Classify

noun

• An abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances.
  • synonyms: concept, conception

verb

• Make by combining materials and parts.
  • usage: "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"
  • synonyms: build, make
• Put together out of artificial or natural components or parts.
  • usage: "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"; He manufactured a popular cereal"
  • synonyms: manufacture, fabricate
• Draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions.
  • usage: "construct an equilateral triangle"
• Create by linking linguistic units.
  • usage: "construct a sentence"; "construct a paragraph"
• Create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts.
  • usage: "construct a proof"; "construct an argument"
• Reassemble mentally.
  • usage: "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago"
  • synonyms: reconstruct, retrace

• (v.t.) To devise; to invent; to set in order; to arrange; as, to construct a theory of ethics.
• (a.) Formed by or relating to, construction, interpretation or inference.
• (v.t.) To put together the constituent parts of (something) in their proper place and order; to build; to form; to make; as, to construct an edifice.

verb

• Arrange or order by classes or categories.
  • usage: "How would you classify these pottery shards-are they prehistoric"
  • synonyms: class, sort, assort, sort out, separate
• Declare unavailable, as for security reasons.
  • usage: "Classify these documents"
• Assign to a class or kind.
  • usage: "How should algae be classified"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"
  • synonyms: relegate

(v.t.) To distribute into classes; to arrange according to a system; to arrange in sets according to some method founded on common properties or characters.