Edifices and Construction

noun

• The act of constructing something.
  • usage: "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats"
  • synonyms: building
• A group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit.
  • usage: "I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner"
  • synonyms: grammatical construction, expression
• The creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought.
  • synonyms: mental synthesis
• A thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts.
  • usage: "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"
  • synonyms: structure
• Drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem.
  • usage: "the assignment was to make a construction that could be used in proving the Pythagorean theorem"
• An interpretation of a text or action.
  • usage: "they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct"
  • synonyms: twist
• The commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones.
  • usage: "their main business is home construction"; "workers in the building trades"
  • synonyms: building

• (n.) The method of construing, interpreting or explaining a declaration or fact; an attributed sense or meaning; understanding; explanation; interpretation; sense.
• (n.) The form or manner of building or putting together the parts of anything; structure; arrangement.
• (n.) The arrangement and connection of words in a sentence; syntactical arrangement.
• (n.) The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.