construct
/kənˈstrʌkt/
verb
- To build or make something, usually a building, road, or other large structure.
- Workers are constructing a school in the neighborhood.
- They constructed the house using local stone and wood.
- The company plans to construct a new bridge over the river.
- To create or form something by putting ideas or parts together, such as a theory, argument, or sentence.
- She carefully constructed her argument before the debate.
- The scientist constructed a new theory to explain the results.
- He constructed a sentence in Spanish for the first time.
noun
- An idea or theory that is formed from a combination of smaller parts or concepts.
- In psychology, the self is a complex construct.
- Justice is a social construct that varies across cultures.
- The concept of time is a human construct.
- Something that is built or made, especially a building or other physical structure.
- The architect admired the construct's clean lines.
- This construct was designed to withstand earthquakes.
- The ancient construct still stands after thousands of years.