| query | You can refer to an object that has been built or made as a c___________ .You can refer to an object that has been built or made as a construction . The British pavilion is an impressive steel and glass construction the size of Westminster Abbey. |
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| word | construction |
| full-definition | noun Construction is the building of things such as houses, factories, roads, and bridges . He'd already started construction on a hunting lodge. ...the only nuclear power station under construction in Britain. ...the downturn in the construction industry. Quincy wants a job in construction. The construction of something such as a vehicle or machine is the making of it. ...companies who have long experience in the construction of those types of equipment. With the exception of teak, this is the finest wood for boat construction. The construction of something such as a system is the creation of it. ...the construction of a just system of criminal justice. You can refer to an object that has been built or made as a construction . The British pavilion is an impressive steel and glass construction the size of Westminster Abbey. You use construction to refer to the structure of something and the way it has been built or made. The Shakers believed that furniture should be plain, simple, useful, practical and of sound construction. The chairs were light in construction yet extremely strong. The construction that you put on what someone says or does is your interpretation of what it means . The denial was limited to rejecting the construction put on his remarks. He put the wrong construction on what he saw. A grammatical construction is a particular arrangement of words in a sentence, clause, or phrase. Avoid complex verbal constructions. |
| inflections | constructions |
| cefr-level | B2 |
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