Look up: construction

1. construction
   [Noun] Something that has been made, put together or built.
   Example: My tutor said that we would practise sentence construction.
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2. construction
   [n] - an interpretation of a text or action 2. [n] - a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit 3. [n] - the creation of a construct 4. [n] - the commercial activity involved in constructing buildings 5. [n] - the act of construc...
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3. Construction
   General term applied to buildings or site work.
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4. construction
   the process of creating a target of evaluation Category: General • The process of manufacturing and assembling the components of a Nuclear Power Plant,the erection of civil works and structures,the installation of components and equipment,and the performance of associated tests. Categ...
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5. Construction
   The process of determining the true meaning of a written document. It is a judicial process, effected in accordance with a number of rules and presumptions, without reference to the parties` intentions.
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6. Construction
   The build phase of an application development life-cycle, where the software is written.
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7. Construction
   Con·struc'tion noun [ Latin constructio : confer French construction .] 1. The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition. 2. The form or manner...
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8. construction
   twist noun an interpretation of a text or action; `they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct`
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9. construction
   mental synthesis noun the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought
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10. construction
    building noun the act of constructing something; `during the construction we had to take a detour`; `his hobby was the building of boats`
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11. construction
    noun a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit; `I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner`
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12. Construction
    • (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 ar...
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13. construction
    (from the article `mathematics`) Descartes`s goal in La Géométrie was to achieve the construction of solutions to geometric problems by means of instruments that were acceptable ...
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14. construction
    the erection or assembly of large structures. The term construction is to a significant degree synonymous with building, but in common usage it most ... [31 related articles]
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15. Construction
    (Lat. constructio, from construere, to build) The mental process of devising imaginative constructs or the products of such constructional activities. A construction, in contrast to an ordinary hypothesis which professes to represent an actual state of affairs, is largely arbitrary and fictional. -- L.W.
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16. construction
    In geometry, an addition to a figure, which is drawn to help solve a problem or produce a proof. The term is also applied to the accurate drawing of shapes
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17. Construction
    additive process, direct method: sculpture fabricated by assembling and joining a number of separate parts, rather than modelling, casting or carving. See also Assemblage
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18. CONSTRUCTION
    An art work that is actually assembled or built on the premises where it is to be shown. Many constructions are meant to be temporary and are disassembled after the exhibition is over.
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19. Construction
    In the fields of architecture and civil engineering, `construction` is a process that consists of the `building` or assembling of infrastructure. Far from being a single activity, large scale construction is a feat of human multitasking. Normally, the job is managed by a project manager, and supervi...
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20. Construction
    (disambiguation) `Construction` is the assembly of infrastructure. `Construction` or `construct` may also refer to: Construction : Construct : Construction/Construct : See also :
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21. Construction
    (Cage) `Construction` is the title of several pieces by American composer John Cage, all scored for unorthodox percussion instruments. The pieces were composed in 1939–42 while Cage was working at the Cornish School of the Arts in Seattle, Washington and touring the West Coas...
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22. Construction
    (psychoanalysis) `Construction`, also referred as construction/reconstruction is a widely used, yet vaguely defined topic of modern psychoanalysis. According to its proponents, Freud in his later writings had already distinguished between construction and interpretation, hence construction/re...
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