Definition of construct
transitive verb
1 : to make or form by combining or arranging parts or elements : build construct a bridge; also : contrive, devise construct a plan
2 : to draw (a geometrical figure) with suitable instruments and under specified conditions Construct a regular hexagon with sides 3 inches long.
3 : to set in logical order
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Examples of construct in a Sentence
They plan to construct a barn behind the house.
The author constructs all the stories around one theme.
Construct a triangle that has sides of equal length.
Recent Examples of construct from the Web
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China has begun constructing its first overseas military base in the African nation of Djibouti.
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But a new study suggests that termites of the species Odontotermes obesus (pictured) are quite versatile, and may be able to use everything from wax to glass beads to construct mounds.
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When, and if, the new reactors will be constructed remains undecided.
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One of the most direct solutions for a coastal city is to construct a seawall.
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Trump’s secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, whose permanent scowl makes plant life wither, has already constructed an exclusionary zone around himself, behaving less like the country’s top diplomat than an autocrat answerable to no one.
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A second phase includes constructing offshore compression facilities.
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Yes, the same couple responsible for customizing and constructing dream homes each week on HGTV have now made a dream come true off camera as well.
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City officials not only offered to provide land for a facility, but to construct a building that could be leased back to NOAA.
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Origin and Etymology of construct
Latin constructus, past participle of construere, from com- + struere to build — more at structure
Definition of construct
1 : something constructed by the mind: such asa : a theoretical entity … the deductive study of abstract constructs … — Daniel J. Boorstinb : a working hypothesis or concept The unconscious was a construct that came from the daily effort to understand patients.
2 : a product of ideology, history, or social circumstances Privacy is more than a social construct or an idea; it is a condition of the body. — Sallie Tisdale
Examples of construct in a Sentence
He argues that time is a subjective construct with no objective existence.
Recent Examples of construct from the Web
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This remains a fragile construct, with youngsters who might show their age, and pitchers whose health and/or consistency is still a concern.
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What does this kind of metaverse or mixed-reality construct feel like?
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Yet even by that standard history is littered with cautionary tales about banking on the pieces of such elaborate constructs to fall into place.
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To evaluate the fulfillment of those goals, the Center for Media and Democracy, which first alerted The Fix to the Daily Caller's business construct, analyzed the foundation's output for two separate weeks, one in January and one in March.
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In 2017, global ideas about gender as a restrictive binary social construct are gradually breaking down.
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Setting up the idea of Western Reserve as a construct.
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As more rooftops spring up in an area, the city constructs looped water mains that provide redundancy or a backup in the event that something impedes the water flow, Jacobsen said.
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People are too often ignoring the complicated political realities and fashioning fantasy constructs of how various sects and factions are going to come together and live in harmony.
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Origin and Etymology of construct
see 1construct
CONSTRUCT Defined for English Language Learners
construct
playDefinition of construct for English Language Learners
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: to build or make (something physical, such as a road, bridge, or building)
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: to make or create (something, such as a story or theory) by organizing ideas, words, etc.
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mathematics : to draw (a shape) according to a set of instructions or rules
construct
playDefinition of construct for English Language Learners
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: something (such as an idea or a theory) that is formed in people's minds
CONSTRUCT Defined for Kids
construct
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constructed
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: to make or form by combining parts construct a bridge
Word Root of construct
The Latin word struere, meaning “to build,” and its form structus give us the root struct. Words from the Latin struere have something to do with building. A structure is something that was built, such as a house. To construct is to build by combining parts together. To obstruct is to build an obstacle that blocks a passage or path. Destruction is the process of taking apart something that was built.
Medical Dictionary
construct
playMedical Definition of construct
: something constructed especially by mental synthesis form a construct of a physical object by mentally assembling and integrating sense-data
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