construction

construction
noun ⇨ See also ↑building
1 roads/buildings
ADJECTIVE
▪ 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.

▪ oversee
CONSTRUCTION + VERB
▪ be underway
CONSTRUCTION + 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, technique
PREPOSITION
▪ during (the) construction
▪

Major engineering challenges will be faced during construction.

▪ under construction
▪

A new factory is under construction.

2 grammar
ADJECTIVE
▪ grammatical, linguistic, sentence, syntactic
▪ active, passive

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  • construction — [ kɔ̃stryksjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1130; lat. constructio, de construere → construire 1 ♦ Action de construire. ⇒ assemblage, édification, érection. La construction d une maison, d un mur. Un immeuble en construction, en train d être construit (⇒ chantier) …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • construction — con·struc·tion /kən strək shən/ n: the act or result of construing, interpreting, or explaining meaning or effect (as of a statute or contract) the construction placed upon an agreement J. D. Calamari and J. M. Perillo Merriam Webster’s… …   Law dictionary

  • construction — con‧struc‧tion [kənˈstrʌkʆn] noun 1. [uncountable] PROPERTY the activity of building houses, apartments, offices, factories, roads etc: • Share prices of construction, building materials and property investment companies were particularly hard… …   Financial and business terms

  • construction — CONSTRUCTION. s. f. Action de construire. On a interrompu la construction de ce bâtiment. f♛/b] Il signifie aussi l Arrangement, la disposition des parties d un bâtiment. La construction de ce Palais est parfaitement belle et solide. Cet homme là …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • Construction — Con*struc tion, n. [L. constructio: cf. F. construction.] 1. The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition. [1913 Webster] 2. The form or manner of building or putting …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • construction — Construction. s. f. Arrangement, disposition des parties d un bastiment. La construction de ce palais est parfaitement belle & solide. cet homme là entend bien la construction des vaisseaux. Construction fig. & en termes de grammaire signifie, L… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • construction — [kən struk′shən] n. [ME construccioun < OFr construction < L constructio] 1. the act or process of constructing 2. the way in which something is constructed; manner or method of building 3. something constructed; structure; building 4. an… …   English World dictionary

  • construction — (n.) late 14c., from O.Fr. construction or directly from L. constructionem (nom. constructio), from construct , pp. stem of construere pile up together, accumulate; build, make, erect, from com together (see COM (Cf. com )) + struere to pile up… …   Etymology dictionary

  • construction — [n1] creation, building architecture, arrangement, assembly, build, cast, composition, conception, constitution, contour, cut, development, disposition, edifice, elevation, erecting, erection, fabric, fabricating, fabrication, figuration, figure …   New thesaurus

  • Construction — (v. lat.), 1) Zusammenstellung, Zusammensetzung eines Ganzen aus einzelnen Theilen; 2) organische Bildung, in Rücksicht auf ihre zweck u. gesetzmäßige Form; 3) (Gramm.), Zusammenfügung der Wörter zu einem Satze u. der einzelnen Satztheile zu… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Construction — Construction, lat., geordnete Zusammenfügung, Bau; in der Grammatik die Verbindung der Worte zu Sätzen und der Sätze zu Perioden; in der Mathematik die Darstellung der Lehrsätze durch Figuren; in der Philosophie die Entwickelung der Folgesätze… …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

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