construction
The work of making buildings, roads, or other large things.
The act or process of building, assembling, or creating something, especially large structures such as houses, roads, or bridges.
Something that has been built, like a house or bridge.
A building or other structure that has been made by assembling parts.
The way words are put together in a sentence.
The arrangement and relationship of words or phrases in a sentence; a grammatical structure.
The meaning you understand from what someone says or writes.
The way in which something such as a statement, action, or law is understood or interpreted.
- Base: construction
- Plural: construction, constructions
put a positive construction on something
1interpret as good or hopeful
To understand something as meaning something good or hopeful.
- She tried to put a positive construction on his comments.
- We can put a positive construction on these results despite the setbacks.
under construction
1being built right now
Not finished yet; still being built.
- The new library is under construction and will open next year.
- This website is under construction and some pages are missing.
construction site
1place where building work occurs
An area where people are building something.
- Children should not play near a construction site.
- Hard hats must be worn at all times on the construction site.
- The construction site was noisy all day.
- We passed a noisy construction site on our way to school.