Construct Kənˈstrʌkt Constructed They’re Build Verb Bre Bridge

• when was the bridge constructed?
• they constructed a shelter out of fallen branches.
• a house built of stone
• they’re going to build on the site of the old power station.

construct

1. to build or make something such as a road, building or machine
• See related entries: Construction
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• When was the bridge constructed?
• They constructed a shelter out of fallen branches.
• a house built of stone
• They’re going to build on the site of the old power station.
• The cupboard is easy to assemble.
• Police had to erect barriers to keep crowds back.
• They’re putting up new hotels in order to boost tourism in the area.
2. to form something by putting different things together
• synonym put together
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• You must learn how to construct a logical argument.
• to construct a theory
• a well-constructed novel
3. to draw a line or shape according to the rules of mathematics
• to construct a triangle

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they construct
• he / she / it constructs
• past simple constructed
• past participle constructed
• -ing form constructing

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Latin construct- ‘heaped together, built’, from the verb construere, from con- ‘together’ + struere ‘pile, build’.