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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary con·struct
ETYMOLOGY Latin constructus, past participle of construere,from com- + struere to build — more at structure DATE 1663 1. to make or form by combining or arranging parts or elements : build ; also : contrive , devise 2. to draw (a geometrical figure) with suitable instruments and under specified conditions 3. to set in logical order
DATE 1933 1. something constructed by the mind: as a. a theoretical entity the deductive study of abstract constructs — D. J. Boorstin b. a working hypothesis or concept the unconscious was a construct that came from the daily effort to understand patients 2. a product of ideology, history, or social circumstances privacy is more than a social construct or an idea; it is a condition of the body — Sallie Tisdale English Etymology construct construct (v.) 1660s, from L. construct-, pp. stem of construere "to heap up" (see construction). The noun is recorded from 1871 in linguistics, 1890 in psychology, 1933 in the general sense of "anything constructed." Related: constructed (pp. adj., 1784); constructing(1788). Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ construct con·struct verb/ kEn5strQkt / ▪ [VN] 1. [often passive] ~ sth (from / out of / of sth) to build or make sth such as a road, building or machine 建筑；修建；建造: When was the bridge constructed? 那座桥是何时修建的？ They constructed a shelter out of fallen branches. 他们用败落下的枯树枝搭了个窝棚。 ⇨ note at build 2. to form sth by putting different things together 组成；创建 SYN put together :
You must learn how to construct a logical argument. 你必须学会怎样确立合乎逻辑的论点。 to construct a theory 创立一种理论 a well-constructed novel 构思巧妙的小说 3. (geometry 几何) to draw a line or shape according to the rules of mathematics (按照数学规则)编制,绘制: to construct a triangle 画一个三角形 noun/ 5kCnstrQkt; NAmE 5kB:n- / (formal) 1. an idea or a belief that is based on various pieces of evidence which are not always true (根据不总是真实的各种证据得出的)构想,观念,概念: a contrast between lived reality and the construct held in the mind 现实生活与头脑所持概念之间的明显差别 2. (linguistics 语言) a group of words that form a phrase (短语的)结构成分,结构体 3. a thing that is built or made 建造物；构筑物；制成物 OLT construct verb ⇨ build Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: construct form , or construct state con·struct I. \kənzˈtrəkt, (ˈ)känz|tr-, kənˈstr-, (ˈ)kän|str-\ adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin constructus, past participle of construere archaic : constructed II. \kənzˈtrəkt, kənˈstr-\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Latin constructus, past participle of construere to pile up, construct, from com- + struere to pile up, arrange, build — more at structure 1. obsolete : to construe or interpret (as a document, statement, expression) 2. : to form, make, or create by combining parts or elements : build , fabricate < in constructing the new freeway > < construct a new dormitory > < a well-constructed blend of unimpeachable teas — New Yorker> < an elegantly constructed pair of dark green trousers — Mollie Panter-Downes > 3. a. : to create by organizing ideas or concepts logically, coherently, or palpably < a well-constructed argument > < Proust constructs a moral scheme out of phenomena whose moral values are always shifting — Edmund Wilson > b. (1) : to arrange (words or morphemes) in a meaningful combination (2) : to produce (as a sentence) by such arrangement of words or morphemes 4. a. : to draw (a geometrical figure) with suitable instruments so as to fulfill certain specified conditions < construct a regular octagon with sides of given length > b. : to assemble separate and often disparate elements into (an abstract or nonrepresentational sculptural creation) 5. a. : to fabricate out of heterogeneous or discordant elements < by India, they mean the political unit constructed by English rule — D.W.Brogan > < a constructed international language — Edward Sapir > b. (1) : feign < constructed dignity — John Buchan > (2) : to infer in law Synonyms: see build III. \ˈkänzˌtrəkt, ˈkänˌstr-\ noun (-s) 1. : something that is constructed especially by a process of mental synthesis: as a. : an object of thought constituted by the ordering or systematic uniting of experiential elements (as percepts and sense data) and of terms and relations b. : an intellectual or logical construction : an operational concept; also : the result of such a construction or concept < the constructs of science > 2. a. : construct state b. : a noun in the construct state IV. noun 1. : something produced by human effort < the East bloc was always an unnatural construct — Walter Isaacson > 2. : an idea or organization of ideas that is artificial, subjective, or tenuous in its origin or construction |
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