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construct — con‧struct [kənˈstrʌkt] verb [transitive] 1. PROPERTY to build houses, apartments, offices, factories, roads etc: • It was the world s costliest hotel to construct at an estimated $1 million a room. 2. MANUFACTURING to manufacture things… … Financial and business terms
construct — CONSTRÚCT, constructe, s.n. (livr.) Concept abstract realizat pe baza activităţii practice intuitive; sistem teoretic ipotetic. – Din engl. construct. . Trimis de LauraGellner, 30.07.2004. Sursa: DEX 98 constrúct s. n., pl. constrúcte Trimis de … Dicționar Român
Construct — Con*struct (k[o^]n*str[u^]kt ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Constructed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Constructing}.] [L. constructus, p. p. of construere to bring together, to construct; con + struere to pile up, set in order. See {Structure}, and cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Construct — Con struct, a. Formed by, or relating to, construction, interpretation, or inference. [1913 Webster] {Construct form} or {Construct state} (Heb. Gram.), that of a noun used before another which has the genitive relation to it. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Construct — Développeur Scirra Environnem … Wikipédia en Français
construct — index build (construct), compose, create, devise (invent), establish (launch), forge (produce) … Law dictionary
construct — construct, construe are related words (from Latin struere ‘to build’) which are both used to denote grammatical function. A word is construed or constructed with (e.g.) on when on is its regular complement, e.g. insist on and rely on (the OED… … Modern English usage
construct — [kən strukt′; ] for n. [ kän′strukt΄] vt. [< L constructus, pp. of construere < com , together + struere, to pile up, build: see STREW] 1. to build, form, or devise by fitting parts or elements together systematically 2. Geom. to draw (a… … English World dictionary
construct — (v.) early 15c., from L. constructus, pp. of construere to heap up (see CONSTRUCTION (Cf. construction)). The noun is recorded from 1871 in linguistics, 1890 in psychology, 1933 in the general sense of anything constructed. Related: Constructed;… … Etymology dictionary
construct — *build, erect, frame, raise, rear Analogous words: fabricate, manufacture, fashion, *make: produce, turn out, yield (see BEAR) Antonyms: demolish: analyze Contrasted words: *destroy, raze: *ruin, wreck … New Dictionary of Synonyms
construct — [v] assemble, build build up, cobble up*, compose, compound, constitute, cook up*, create, design, dream up*, elevate, engineer, envision, erect, establish, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, formulate, found, frame, fudge together*, hammer out*,… … New thesaurus
