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Webster 1913 Edition
Construct
Con-struct′
(kŏn-strŭkt′)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Constructed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Constructing
.] 1.
To put together the constituent parts of (something) in their proper place and order; to build; to form; to make;
as, to
. construct
an edifice
Syn. – To build; erect; form; compile; make; fabricate; originate; invent.
Con′struct
,Adj.
Formed by, or relating to, construction, interpretation, or inference.
Construct form
or
Construct state
(Heb. Gram.)
, that of a noun used before another which has the genitive relation to it.
Webster 1828 Edition
Construct
CONSTRUCT
,Verb.
T.
1.
To put together the parts of a thing in their proper place and order; to build; to form; as, to construct an edifice.2.
To devise and compose, as to construct a new system; or simply to frame or form, as to construct a telescope. The word may include the invention, with the formation, or not, at the pleasure of the writer. A man constructs a ship according to a model; or a grammar by a new arrangement of principles; or a planetarium of a new form.3.
To interpret or understand. [See Construe.]Definition 2024
construct
construct
English
Noun
construct (plural constructs)
- Something constructed from parts.
- The artwork was a construct of wire and tubes.
- Loops and conditional statements are constructs in computer programming.
- A concept or model.
- Bohr's theoretical construct of the atom was soon superseded by quantum mechanics.
- (genetics) A segment of nucleic acid, created artificially, for transplantation into a target cell or tissue.
Synonyms
- (something constructed from parts): construction
- (concept, model): concept, idea, model, notion, representation
Translations
something constructed from parts
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concept or model
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segment of DNA created artificially
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Verb
construct (third-person singular simple present constructs, present participle constructing, simple past and past participle constructed)
- (transitive) To build or form (something) by assembling parts.
- We constructed the radio from spares.
- (transitive) To build (a sentence, an argument, etc.) by arranging words or ideas.
- A sentence may be constructed with a subject, verb and object.
- Marita Sturken
- The Vietnam War films are forms of memory that function to provide collective rememberings, to construct history, and to subsume within them the experience of the veterans.
- (transitive, geometry) To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using geometric tools and techniques.
- Construct a circle that touches each vertex of the given triangle.
Synonyms
- (build or form by assembling parts'): assemble, build, form, make, produce, put together
- (build (a sentence or argument)): form
- (draw (a geometric figure)):
Antonyms
- (build or form by assembling parts): destroy, disassemble, dismantle, ruin, wreck, take apart
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
build or form by assembling parts
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build (a sentence or argument)
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draw (a geometric figure)
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