- construction
- noun ⇨ See also ↑building1 roads/buildingsADJECTIVE▪ large, massive▪
massive constructions of bamboo and paper
▪ basic, simple▪It has a basic construction of brick under a tiled roof.
▪ complex▪ heavy▪the heavy construction industry
▪ solid▪walls of solid construction
▪ careful▪The drainage system needs careful construction.
▪ new▪ brick, concrete, steel, timber (esp. BrE), wood, wooden▪a massive steel construction
▪a schoolhouse of brick construction
▪ bridge, building, canal, highway (AmE), railroad (AmE), railway (BrE), road▪Road and bridge construction is underway.
▪ home (esp. AmE), house, housing, residential (AmE)VERB + CONSTRUCTION▪ begin, start▪ complete▪Construction of the new road has now been completed.
▪ overseeCONSTRUCTION + VERB▪ be underwayCONSTRUCTION + NOUN▪ industry, market (esp. AmE), sector▪ business, company, firm (esp. BrE), group▪ programme/program, project▪ contract▪ permit (AmE)▪ job▪ work▪ crew, manager, team, worker▪ site (esp. AmE), yard▪ costs▪ management, schedule (esp. AmE)▪ equipment (esp. AmE), materials▪ method, process, techniquePREPOSITION▪ during (the) construction▪Major engineering challenges will be faced during construction.
▪ under construction▪A new factory is under construction.
2 grammarADJECTIVE▪ grammatical, linguistic, sentence, syntactic▪ active, passive
Collocations dictionary. 2013.