construct
noun
1. an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
Similar word(s): concept, conception
Definition categories: thought, idea
Sentences with construct as a noun:
- The artwork was a construct of wire and tubes.
- Loops and conditional statements are constructs in computer programming.
- Bohr's theoretical construct of the atom was soon superseded by quantum mechanics.
verb
1. make by combining materials and parts
- Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer
Definition categories: creation, create, make
2. put together out of artificial or natural components or parts
Similar word(s): fabricate, manufacture
Definition categories: creation, make
3. draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions
- construct an equilateral triangle
Definition categories: contact, delineate, describe, draw, line, trace
4. create by linking linguistic units
- construct a sentence
- construct a paragraph
Definition categories: creation
5. create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts
- construct a proof
- construct an argument
Definition categories: creation
6. reassemble mentally
- reconstruct the events of 20 years ago
Similar word(s): reconstruct, retrace
Definition categories: cognition, conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize
Sentences with construct as a verb:
- We constructed the radio from spares.
- A sentence may be constructed with a subject, verb and object.
- Construct a circle that touches each vertex of the given triangle.