Construction Kənˈstrʌkʃn Road Industry Offices Steel Structure Brick

• the construction industry
• road construction
• work has begun on the construction of the new airport.
• our new offices are still under construction (= being built).

construction

1. the process or method of building or making something, especially roads, buildings, bridges, etc.
• the construction industry
• road construction
• Work has begun on the construction of the new airport.
• Our new offices are still under construction (= being built).
• the construction of a new database
2. the way that something has been built or made
• See related entries: Construction
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/construction/construction_1
• strong in construction
• ships of steel construction
• the structure of the building/human body
• the social structure of society
• the grammatical structures of a language
• a salary structure
• The report provides a framework for further research.
• As a photographer, shape and form were more important to him than colour.
• recent changes in the composition of the workforce
• ships of steel construction
• This is a trend which threatens the very fabric of society.
3. a thing that has been built or made
• See related entries: Construction
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/construction/construction_1
• The summer house was a simple wooden construction.
4. the way in which words are used together and arranged to form a sentence, phrase, etc.
• grammatical constructions
5. the creating of something from ideas, opinions and knowledge
• the construction of a new theory
6. the way in which words, actions, statements, etc. are understood by somebody
• synonym interpretation
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/interpretation
• What construction do you put on this letter (= what do you think it means)?

Extra Examples

• Construction of the new road has now been completed.
• It has a basic construction of brick under a tiled roof.
• Major engineering challenges will be faced during construction.
• Road and bridge construction is underway.
• The drainage system needs careful construction.
• What construction do you put on this letter?
• a massive steel construction
• a schoolhouse of brick construction
• a strict construction of the clause
• a two-storey brick construction
• changes in the social construction of marriage
• massive constructions of bamboo and paper
• ruling on the proper construction to be given to section 78 of the Act
• the heavy construction industry
• walls of solid construction
• Our new offices are still under construction.
• The earliest Greek temples were small buildings, simple in construction.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: via Old French from Latin constructio(n-), from construere ‘heap together’, from con- ‘together’ + struere ‘pile, build’.