/kənˈstrʌkʃən/
Translation
The work of building houses, roads, or other big things.
Word origin
From Latin construere, to build by piling together, from con, together, and struere, to pile up.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- construere
- English cognates
- construct, structure
Grammar
Examples
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"Under construction" means it is still being built.
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Here "construction" means the building industry as a job.
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"The construction of" something means the process of building it.
Used in
Grammar articles
(4)British vs American grammar: have got, gotten, the team are, and the other quiet differences
Dummy subjects in English: it's raining, there's a problem, and why the subject slot is never empty
Reporting verbs in English: admit, deny, suggest, promise, and the pattern welded to each one
The subjunctive and the unreal past in English: I suggest he go, if I were you, and it's time we left
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