construction

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the act of constructing something
  2. noun a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit
  3. noun the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought

Etymology

From Middle English construccioun, construction, from Old French construction, from Latin cōnstructiō, from cōnstruere. Morphologically construct + -ion.

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Synonyms

building

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