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Construct   /kənstrˈəkt/  /kˈɑnstrəkt/   Listen
Construct

verb
(past & past part. constructed; pres. part. constructing)
1.
Make by combining materials and parts.  Synonyms: build, make.  "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"
2.
Put together out of artificial or natural components or parts.  Synonyms: fabricate, manufacture.  "They manufacture small toys" , "He manufactured a popular cereal"
3.
Draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions.
4.
Create by linking linguistic units.  "Construct a paragraph"
5.
Create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts.  "Construct an argument"
6.
Reassemble mentally.  Synonyms: reconstruct, retrace.
noun
1.
An abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances.  Synonyms: concept, conception.  Antonym: misconception.



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"Construct" Quotes from Famous Books



... tour of all the ramparts, the Emperor returned to the citadel, whence he again emerged to visit the exterior works. An arm of the river Canche, which lies at the foot of the wall on one side of the city, intercepted his route. The whole suite set to work to construct a temporary bridge of planks and logs; but the Emperor, impatient at the delay, walked through the stream in water up to his knees. The owner of a mill on the opposite shore took his Majesty by the arm to assist him ...
— The Private Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete • Constant
... secure food and shelter, or for the purpose of breeding, man is also moved by these desires, but has in addition other and higher incentives to spur him to effort, among them is desire for rapidity of motion which led him to construct the steam engine and other devices that move in ...
— The Rosicrucian Mysteries • Max Heindel
... to construct a number of hand sledges, for the conveyance of our stores to our winter quarters. The small ones were made so that one person could drag them over the smooth parts of the ice; and on having to pass any rough portions, two or three persons might tackle together, passing ...
— Peter the Whaler • W.H.G. Kingston
... were disposed vessels for the burning of Arabian perfumes; above them were fixed instruments to sprinkle the spectators with dew of saffron and verbena. The renowned builders Severus and Celer put forth all their skill to construct an amphitheatre at once incomparable and fitted for such a number of the curious as none of those known before had been ...
— Quo Vadis - A Narrative of the Time of Nero • Henryk Sienkiewicz
... the greater part, representatives of the mere Aztecs and Toltecs, whom her forefathers had conquered? It was that very feeling, however, which in the minds of such men as Paredes and similar leaders was standing in the way of every effort to construct a genuine republic out of the people of the half-civilized ...
— Ahead of the Army • W. O. Stoddard


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