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Construct Constructed Constructing Verb Building Road Machine Build

word construct
definition
verb
If you construct something such as a building, road, or machine, you build it or make it.
The company is constructing 70 homes and a 130-room hotel on the land.
The boxes should be constructed from rough-sawn timber.
They thought he had escaped through a specially-constructed tunnel.
If you construct something such as an idea, a piece of writing, or a system, you create it by putting different parts together.
You will find it difficult to construct a spending plan without first recording your spending.
He eventually constructed a business empire which ran to Thailand and Singapore.
The novel is constructed from a series of on-the-spot reports.
...using carefully-constructed tests.
noun
A construct is a complex idea.
...the underlying constructs (beliefs, philosophy, etc.) which influence action and behaviour.
It was a re-enactment of the same mental construct under which slavery was justified.
A construct is something that is built, made, or created.
The kites were flimsy constructs but soared to over a thousand feet.
The country was an artificial construct held together by force.
inflections constructsconstructingconstructed
cefr-level B2

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