| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
construction (kənˈstrʌkʃən) ![]() | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the process or act of constructing or manner in which a thing is constructed |
| 2. | the thing constructed; a structure |
| 3. | a. the business or work of building dwellings, offices, etc |
| b. (as modifier): a construction site | |
| 4. | an interpretation or explanation of a law, text, action, etc: they put a sympathetic construction on her behaviour |
| 5. | grammar a group of words that together make up one of the constituents into which a sentence may be analysed; a phrase or clause |
| 6. | geometry a drawing of a line, angle, or figure satisfying certain conditions, used in solving a problem or proving a theorem |
| 7. | See also constructivism an abstract work of art in three dimensions or relief |
| con'structional | |
| —adj | |
| con'structionally | |
| —adv | |