construction

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Etymology

From Middle English construccioun, construction, from Old French construction, from Latin cōnstructiō, from cōnstruere.

Morphologically construct +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈstɹʌkʃən/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ʌkʃən

Noun

construction (countable and uncountable, plural constructions)

2. The process of constructing.

   Construction is underway on the new bridge.

4. Anything that has been constructed.

   The engineer marvelled at his construction.

6. The trade of building structures.

   He had worked in construction all his life.

8. A building, model or some other structure.

   The office was a construction of steel and glass.

10. (art) A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.

    "Construction in string and clockwork" took first prize.

12. 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.

14. (grammar) A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.
16. The act or result of construing the meaning of something.

    American conservatives tend to favor strict construction of the Constitution.

18. 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.

20. (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 language
• 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

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *strew- (0 c, 27 e)

Translations

process of constructing

Albanian: konstruksion (sq) f Arabic: بِنَاء (ar) f (bināʔ), تَشْيِيد m (tašyīd), إِنْشَاء (ar) m (ʔinšāʔ) Armenian: շինարարություն (hy) (šinararutʻyun), կառուցում (hy) (kaṙucʻum) Azerbaijani: tikinti (az), inşaat (az), tikmə, tikilmə Bashkir: төҙөү (töźöw), төҙөлөш (töźölöş) Belarusian: будава́нне n (budavánnje), будава́ньне n (budavánʹnje), будаўні́цтва n (budawníctva) Bengali: নির্মাণ (bn) (nirman) Bulgarian: стро́ителство (bg) n (stróitelstvo) Burmese: ဆောက်လုပ်ရေး (hcauklup-re:) Catalan: construcció (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 建設 / 建设 (zh) (jiànshè), 建築 / 建筑 (zh) (jiànzhù) Czech: stavba (cs) f Danish: byggeri (da) n, konstruktion (da) c Dutch: bouw (nl) m, aanbouw (nl) m Esperanto: konstruo, konstruado Estonian: ehitamine Finnish: rakentaminen (fi), rakennustyöt (fi) pl French: construction (fr) f Galician: construción (gl) f, feitura f Georgian: მშენებლობა (mšenebloba) German: Bau (de) m, Bauarbeit f (mostly in the plural in this sense) Greek: κατασκευή (el) f (kataskeví) Gujarati: બાંધકામ (bā̃dhkām) Hebrew: בנייה / בְּנִיָּה (he) f (bniyá) Hindi: निर्माण (hi) m (nirmāṇ) Hungarian: építés (hu), építkezés (hu) Icelandic: uppbygging f, bygging (is) f Ido: konstruktado (io) Indonesian: pembangunan (id), konstruksi (id) Italian: costruzione (it) f Japanese: 建設 (ja) (けんせつ, kensetsu) Kazakh: құрылыс (qūrylys) Khmer: សំណង់ (km) (sɑmnɑng) Korean: 건설(建設) (ko) (geonseol) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: avakirin (ku) Kyrgyz: курулуш (ky) (kuruluş) Lao: ຊາງລໍ (sāng lǭ), ການກໍ່ສ້າງ (kān kǭ sāng) Latvian: būvniecība f, celtniecība f Lithuanian: statyba (lt) f Macedonian: изградба f (izgradba) Malay: pembinaan Mongolian: Cyrillic: барилга (mn) (barilga), байгууламж (mn) (bajguulamž) Mongolian: ᠪᠠᠷᠢᠯᠭ᠎ᠠ (barilg-a) Norwegian: Bokmål: konstruksjon (no) m Nynorsk: konstruksjon m Occitan: construccion (oc) f Oromo: ijaarsa Persian: Iranian Persian: ساخْت‌وَساز (sâxt-vasâz), ساخْت و ساز (sâxt o sâz) Polish: budowa (pl) f, konstrukcja (pl) f Portuguese: construção (pt) f, edificação (pt) f Romanian: construire (ro) f, clădire (ro) f Russian: строи́тельство (ru) n (stroítelʹstvo), строе́ние (ru) n (strojénije), построе́ние (ru) n (postrojénije), констру́кция (ru) f (konstrúkcija), стро́йка (ru) f (strójka), сооружение (ru) n (sooruženije) Scottish Gaelic: togail f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: констру̀кција f, гра́дња f Roman: konstrùkcija (sh) f, grádnja (sh) f Slovak: stavba f Slovene: gradnja f, konstruiranje n Spanish: construcción (es) f, edificación (es) f, cimentación (es) f Swedish: byggnadsverksamhet c, konstruktion (sv) c Tagalog: konstruksyon, sayari Tajik: сохтан (tg) (soxtan), сохтмон (soxtmon) Tatar: төзелеш (tt) (tözeleş) Thai: การก่อสร้าง (th) (gaan-gɔ̀ɔ-sâang) Turkish: inşa (tr), inşaat (tr), konstrüksiyon (tr), yapım (tr) Turkmen: gurluşyk Ukrainian: будування (uk) n (buduvannja), побудо́ва f (pobudóva), будо́ва (uk) f (budóva) Urdu: تَعْمِیر f (ta'mīr) Uyghur: قۇرۇلۇش (qurulush) Uzbek: qurish (uz), qurilish (uz), bino qurish Vietnamese: xây dựng (vi), sự xây dựng (vi) Welsh: adeiladu (cy) m

anything constructed

Bashkir: ҡоролма (qorolma) Bulgarian: постро́йка (bg) f (postrójka) Finnish: rakennelma (fi) Galician: construción (gl) f German: Bauwerk (de) n Greek: κατασκευή (el) f (kataskeví) Hungarian: építmény (hu), felépítmény (hu) Irish: déantús m Italian: costruzione (it) f Lao: ການກໍ່ສ້າງ (kān kǭ sāng) Ottoman Turkish: یاپی (yapı) Polish: budynek (pl), budowla (pl), konstrukcja (pl) f Portuguese: construção (pt) f, edifício (pt) m, edificação (pt) f Romanian: construcție (ro) Russian: зда́ние (ru) n (zdánije), строе́ние (ru) n (strojénije), постро́йка (ru) f (postrójka), сооружение (ru) n (sooruženije) Tagalog: sinayari Ukrainian: будо́ва (uk) f (budóva), буді́вля (uk) f (budívlja) Welsh: adeilad (cy) m

trade of building

Armenian: շինարարություն (hy) (šinararutʻyun) Azerbaijani: inşaatçılıq Bashkir: төҙөлөш (töźölöş) Bulgarian: строи́телство (bg) n (stroítelstvo) Catalan: construcció (ca) f Czech: stavebnictví (cs) n Finnish: rakennusala (fi), rakentaminen (fi) Galician: construción (gl) f Georgian: მშენებლობა (mšenebloba) German: Bau (de) m, Bauwesen (de) n Greek: οικοδομική (el) f (oikodomikí) Gujarati: બાંધકામ (bā̃dhkām) Hebrew: בניין / בִּנְיָן (he) m (binyán) Hungarian: építőipar (hu) Japanese: 建築業界 (けんちくぎょうかい, kenchiku gyōkai) Kabuverdianu: óbra Mongolian: Cyrillic: барилга (mn) (barilga) Portuguese: construção (pt) f, construção civil (pt) f Romanian: clădire (ro) f, construire (ro) f Russian: строи́тельство (ru) n (stroítelʹstvo) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: грађевина́рство n Roman: građevinárstvo (sh) n Tagalog: sayari Welsh: adeiladu (cy) m

structure

Arabic: مَبْنَى (ar) m (mabnā), بِنَاء (ar) f (bināʔ) Azerbaijani: tikinti (az), tikili (az), bina (az) Bashkir: ҡоролма (qorolma) Bulgarian: сгра́да (bg) f (sgráda), постро́йка (bg) f (postrójka) Chinese: Mandarin: 建築 / 建筑 (zh) (jiànzhù) Czech: konstrukce (cs) f Esperanto: konstruaĵo Finnish: rakenne (fi), rakennelma (fi) Georgian: შენობა (šenoba) German: Bauwerk (de) n Hebrew: מִבְנֶה (he) m (mivné) Hindi: इमारत (hi) f (imārat) Hungarian: szerkezet (hu), konstrukció (hu) Irish: déantús m Japanese: 建物 (ja) (たてもの, tatemono), 建設物 (けんせつぶつ, kensetsubutsu), ビル (ja) (biru) Latgalian: stateiba f, budaveiba f Latvian: būve f Ottoman Turkish: یاپی (yapı) Polish: budowla (pl) f Portuguese: construção (pt) Romanian: structură (ro) Russian: строе́ние (ru) n (strojénije), построе́ние (ru) n (postrojénije), констру́кция (ru) f (konstrúkcija), постро́йка (ru) f (postrójka), констру́кция (ru) f (konstrúkcija) Scottish Gaelic: togail f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: констру̀кција f Roman: konstrùkcija (sh) f Turkish: yapı (tr), konstrüksiyon (tr) Urdu: عِمارَت f ('imārat) Welsh: adeilad (cy) m, adeiladaeth f

artistic composition

Bulgarian: констру́кция (bg) f (konstrúkcija) Finnish: konstruktio (fi) Georgian: კონსტრუქცია (ka) (ḳonsṭrukcia) Portuguese: obra (pt) f Romanian: operă (ro) f, operă artistică f Russian: констру́кция (ru) f (konstrúkcija)

manner in which something is built

Bulgarian: строе́ж (bg) m (stroéž) Finnish: rakenne (fi) German: Aufbau (de) m Greek: κατασκευή (el) f (kataskeví) Polish: konstrukcja (pl) f Portuguese: construção (pt) f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: констру̀кција f Roman: konstrùkcija (sh) f Ukrainian: констру́кція f (konstrúkcija), побудо́ва f (pobudóva), будо́ва (uk) f (budóva)

grammar: group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase

Catalan: construcció (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 構式 / 构式 (gòushì) Czech: konstrukce (cs) f Finnish: rakenne (fi) Galician: construción (gl) f German: Satzbau (de) m Hungarian: szerkezet (hu) Irish: struchtúr m Japanese: 構文 (ja) (こうぶん, kōbun) Mongolian: Cyrillic: хам бүтэц (xam bütec) Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠮ ᠪᠦᠲᠦᠴᠡ (qam bütüče) Ottoman Turkish: ربط (rabt, rabıt) Russian: констру́кция (ru) f (konstrúkcija) Spanish: construcción (es) f Ukrainian: констру́кція f (konstrúkcija) Welsh: cystrawen f

act or result of construing the meaning of something

German: Auslegung (de) f Hungarian: értelmezés (hu) Romanian: interpretare (ro) f

meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc. — see interpretation

geometric construction

Bulgarian: построе́ние (bg) n (postroénie) Finnish: konstruktio (fi) German: Konstruktion (de) f Hungarian: szerkesztés (hu) Japanese: 幾何画法 (きかがほう, kikagahō) Polish: konstrukcja (pl) f Romanian: construcție (ro) f Russian: констру́кция (ru) f (konstrúkcija)

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Georgian: (please verify) კონსტრუქცია (ka) (ḳonsṭrukcia)

Further reading

• “construction”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “construction”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “construction”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnstructiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃s.tʁyk.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

construction f (plural constructions)

1. 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.