construct

verbnounB1 · Intermediate

To build something.

Meanings of «construct»

1 · verb

to build something

Workers will construct a new bridge next year.

2 · noun

an idea or theory formed from several ideas

Time is sometimes described as a human construct.

Similar: concept notion idea

Translation

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The difference between similar words

to put things together to make something

buildthe everyday word, for houses and many other thingsThey built a house near the lake.

constructformalformal; build something big, like a bridge or roadWorkers constructed a new bridge over the river.

assembleput the separate parts of something togetherHe assembled the bookcase in an hour.

erectformalformal; put up something tall, like a statueThe town erected a statue of the old king.

Word family

construct B1 · verbconstruction B1 · nounreconstruct B2 · verbreconstruction C1 · noun

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