construct

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
verb make by combining materials and parts
verb put together out of artificial or natural components or parts; ; ; He manufactured a popular cereal"

Borrowed from Latin cōnstrūctus, from cōnstruō (“to heap together”), from com- (“together”) + struō (“to heap up, pile”). Doublet of construe.

An airy room, constructed on the soundest hygienic principles. — Mike and Psmith, Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
Instead of constructing marvellous counterplots, I fell sound asleep. — The Crack of Doom, Robert Cromie
He said: "You mean that one constructed on anatomical principles." — Three men on the bummel, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

concept, conception

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