construction

B1 Topic:Architecture & Buildings

US /kənˈstɹʌkʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #3117

Meanings

1

noun
The act or process of building something.

Construction of the new bridge is already underway.
2

noun
The industry or trade of building structures.

He has worked in construction all his life.
3

noun
Something that has been built.

The tower was an impressive construction of glass and steel.
4

noun
The way words are arranged to form a phrase or sentence.

This grammatical construction is common in formal writing.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the act or process of... building

2 noun · the industry or trade of... building

4 noun · the way words are arranged... grammatical constructionexpression

More construal

Opposites

destruction

Word family

Forms constructions

Derived forms autoconstructionbioconstructioncoconstructionconstructionalconstructionismconstructionistconstructionisticdeconstructionmalconstructionmegaconstructionmetaconstructionmidconstruction

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Phrases (1)

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road construction
the work of building roads

Noun + noun

Etymology

From Middle English construccioun, construction, from Old French construction, from Latin cōnstructiō, from cōnstruere. Morphologically construct + -ion.

*strew- Proto-Indo-European construccioun Middle English construction Old French cōnstructiō Latin

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Topics

Architecture & Buildings Tools, Machines & Construction Register & Style

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# construction

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /kənˈstɹʌkʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 3117

## Meanings
1. The act or process of building something.
2. The industry or trade of building structures.
3. Something that has been built.
4. The way words are arranged to form a phrase or sentence.

## Examples
- Construction of the new bridge is already underway.
- He has worked in construction all his life.
- The tower was an impressive construction of glass and steel.
- This grammatical construction is common in formal writing.

## Synonyms
- building
- construal

## Antonyms
- destruction

## Derived Forms
- autoconstruction
- bioconstruction
- coconstruction
- constructional
- constructionism
- constructionist
- constructionistic
- deconstruction
- malconstruction
- megaconstruction
- metaconstruction
- midconstruction

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *strew-
- Root: construccioun
- Root: construction
- Root: cōnstructiō

## Etymology
From Middle English construccioun, construction, from Old French construction, from Latin cōnstructiō, from cōnstruere. Morphologically construct + -ion.

## AI Etymology
construction is a noun. It is from Middle English construccioun, construction, from Old French construction, from Latin cōnstructiō, from cōnstruere. Morphologically construct + -ion. Historical forms in the chain include *strew- (Proto-Indo-European), construccioun (Middle English), construction (Old French), and cōnstructiō (Latin). Current senses include the act or process of building something, the industry or trade of building structures, and something that has been built. Derived forms include autoconstruction, bioconstruction, coconstruction, constructional, and constructionism.

## Topics
- Architecture & Buildings
- Tools, Machines & Construction
- Register & Style

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