con·struct   (kən-strŭkt')    tr.v.   con·struct·ed, con·struct·ing, con·structs To form by assembling or combining parts; build. To create (an argument or a sentence, for example) by systematically arranging ideas or terms. Mathematics To draw (a geometric figure) that meets specific requirements. n.   (kŏn'strŭkt') Something formed or constructed from parts. A concept, model, or schematic idea: a theoretical construct of the atom. A concrete image or idea: "[He] began to shift focus from the haunted constructs of terror in his early work" (Stephen Koch). [Latin cōnstruere, cōnstrūct- : com-, com- + struere, to pile up; see ster-2 in Indo-European roots.] con·struct'i·ble adj., con·struc'tor, con·struct'er n.

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Con*struct"\ (k[o^]n*str[u^]kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Constructed; p. pr. & vb. n. Constructing.] [L. constructus, p. p. of construere to bring together, to construct; con- + struere to pile up, set in order. See Structure, and cf. Construe.]

1. To put together the constituent parts of (something) in their proper place and order; to build; to form; to make; as, to construct an edifice.

2. To devise; to invent; to set in order; to arrange; as, to construct a theory of ethics.

Syn: To build; erect; form; compile; make; fabricate; originate; invent.

Main Entry: con·struct
Pronunciation: 'kän-"str&kt
Function: noun
: something constructed especially by mental synthesis

construct of a physical object by mentally assembling and integrating sense-data>