construct
something constructed: Each musical note sign is a construct of three distinct parts: the head, the stem, and the hook.
a mental image, idea, or theory, especially a complex one formed from a number of simpler elements: Character is a construct of personal values, personal rules and morals, and a number of other facets, including self-control and willpower.
Origin of construct
1synonym study For construct
Other words for construct
Other words from construct
- con·struct·i·ble, adjective
- o·ver·con·struct, verb (used with object)
- pre·con·struct, verb (used with object)
- qua·si-con·struct·ed, adjective
- well-con·struct·ed, adjective
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How to use construct in a sentence
Feminism as a label is often divisive, even within Western constructs.
Twin visions of Islamic Feminism Split Muslim Community | Shaheen Pasha | September 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMishearing a question, he even constructs an argument for a “yogurt tax.”
He constructs, but plays at destruction; Friedman destroys but presents it as tidying up.
Over the course of the episode, Hank constructs, sets, and finally springs an immaculate trap on his brother-in-law, Walt.
‘To’hajiilee’ Is the Finest Episode of ‘Breaking Bad’ Yet | Andrew Romano | September 9, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWhere Raphael constructed ideal women and made them seem normal and necessary, Dürer constructs ideal works of art and artifice.
Paris, hungry for the spectacular, constructs it indifferently out of anything, civil war as readily as the burial of a statesman.
The Nabob | Alphonse DaudetOn the other hand, when the words “a black” are heard, the mind constructs no image; it waits until the noun modified is spoken.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) WebsterThe good and the bad are conventional constructs, and the value of an act is relative to the end or purpose it serves.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy | Isaac HusikThis species constructs its cup-shaped nest in all manner of strange places.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India | Douglas DewarThe white-breasted waterhen constructs its nursery in a thicket at the margin of some village pond.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India | Douglas Dewar
British Dictionary definitions for construct
to put together substances or parts, esp systematically, in order to make or build (a building, bridge, etc); assemble
to compose or frame mentally (an argument, sentence, etc)
geometry to draw (a line, angle, or figure) so that certain requirements are satisfied
something formulated or built systematically
a complex idea resulting from a synthesis of simpler ideas
psychol a model devised on the basis of observation, designed to relate what is observed to some theoretical framework
Origin of construct
1Derived forms of construct
- constructible, adjective
- constructor or constructer, noun
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