# construction
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English construccioun, construction, from Old French construction, from Latin cōnstructiō, from cōnstruere.
Morphologically construct +‎ -ion.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kənˈstɹʌkʃən/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ʌkʃən

### Noun

construction (countable and uncountable, plural constructions)
* The process of constructing.
    Construction is underway on the new bridge.
* Anything that has been constructed.
    The engineer marvelled at his construction.
* The trade of building structures.
    He had worked in construction all his life.
* A building, model or some other structure.
    The office was a construction of steel and glass.
* (art) A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.
    "Construction in string and clockwork" took first prize.
* The manner in which something is built.
    A thing of simple construction.
** 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎:Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins like a veteran army that had marched down to drink, only to be stricken motionless at the water’s edge.
* (grammar) A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.
* The act or result of construing the meaning of something.
    American conservatives tend to favor strict construction of the Constitution.
* The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker.
** 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial, published 2007, page 95:He had considered sending Lucille away to stay with relations. But then people might have put the worst construction on it – might believe she had done something she shouldn't have.
* (geometry) A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.

#### Synonyms

* building
* construal

#### Antonyms

* destruction

#### Derived terms

* autoconstruction
* ba construction
* bioconstruction
* Cayley-Dickson construction
* coconstruction
* constructional
* construction barrel
* construction battalion
* construction grammar
* construction helmet
* constructionism
* constructionist
* constructionistic
* construction paper
* construction permit
* construction point
* construction site
* construction soldier
* construction unit
* construction worker
* deconstruction
* Kantor-Koecher-Tits construction
* loose construction
* malconstruction
* megaconstruction
* metaconstruction
* midconstruction
* misconstruction
* narrow construction
* nonconstruction
* postconstruction
* preconstruction
* pregnant construction
* reconstruction
* rule of strict construction
* strict construction
* turn construction unit
* under construction
* visuoconstruction
* Wythoff construction

#### Translations

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### Further reading

* “construction”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* “construction”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
* “construction”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnstructiōnem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔ̃s.tʁyk.sjɔ̃/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

construction f (plural constructions)
* construction

#### Derived terms

* matériau de construction

#### Related terms

* construire

#### Descendants

* → Turkish: konstrüksiyon

### Further reading

* “construction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.