Look up: construction

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   construction
   [Noun] Something that has been made, put together or built.
   Example: My tutor said that we would practise sentence construction.
   Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/glossary
   
   
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   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 constructing or building something 6. [n] - drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
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   Construction
   General term applied to buildings or site work.
   Found on http://www.corusconstruction.com/en/desi
   
   
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   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. Category: Nuclear industry (with applied atomic and nuclear physics) • the process of creating a...
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   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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   Construction
   The build phase of an application development life-cycle, where the software is written.
   Found on http://www.ft.com/dbglossary
   
   
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   Construction
   Definition (keystage 2) To construct is to make a particular geometric object by actually drawing it; often using only pencil, compasses and straightedge. A construction is a way to construct a particular object. <br /> Sometimes we talk about proof by construction in other areas of maths, where we show that something is possible by actually ...
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   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 of building or putting together the parts of anything; structure; arrangement. « An astrolabe of peculiar construction . Whewell.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/144
   
   
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   construction
   twist noun an interpretation of a text or action; `they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct`
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    construction
    mental synthesis noun the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought
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    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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    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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    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 multitasking. Normally the job is managed by the construction manager and supervised by the project manager, design engineer or project architect. For the successful execution of a project, effective planning is essential. Those inv...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructio
    
    
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    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 arrangement and connection of words in a sentence; s...
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    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 ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/132
    
    
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    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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    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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