construct
construct Lexical Profile
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• verb
To build or erect a physical structure, building, road, or machine.
"The city plans to construct a new pedestrian bridge over the river next year."
To form an idea, theory, argument, or literary work by bringing together various conceptual elements.
"The prosecutor was able to construct a compelling timeline of events from the witness testimonies."
To draw or delineate a geometrical figure accurately according to specified mathematical conditions.
"Use a compass and straightedge to construct an equilateral triangle."
• noun
An idea, theory, or model containing various conceptual elements, typically considered to be subjective and not based on empirical evidence.
"Historians often debate how the modern concept of race emerged as a social construct."
A physical thing that has been built, assembled, or put together.
"The engineer examined the intricate steel construct supporting the suspension bridge."
A group of words forming a phrase or syntactic unit within a language.
"Learners often find this particular grammatical construct difficult to master."
Word Nuance & Usage
Like many two-syllable noun-verb pairs in English, 'construct' is pronounced with the stress on the second syllable as a verb (con-STRUCT) and on the first syllable as a noun (CON-struct).
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the early 17th century from Latin constructus, the past participle of construere ('to heap together, build'), formed from com- ('together') and struere ('to pile up').