construct
pronunciation
How to pronounce construct in British English:
UK [kənˈstrʌkt , ˈkɒnstrʌkt]
How to pronounce construct in American English:
US [kənˈstrʌkt , ˈkɑːnstrʌkt]
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- Noun:
- an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
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- Verb:
- make by combining materials and parts
- put together out of components or parts
- draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions
- create by linking linguistic units
- create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts
- reassemble mentally
Word Origin
- construct
- construct: [17] Construct comes from the present participle of Latin construere ‘pile up together, build’, a compound verb formed from the prefix com- and struere ‘pile up’ (source of English destroy and structure). English acquired the same verb somewhat earlier, in the 14th century, in the form construe.=> construe, destroy, structure
- construct (v.)
- early 15c., from Latin constructus, past participle of construere "to heap up" (see construction). Related: Constructed; constructing.
- construct (n.)
- 1871 in linguistics, 1890 in psychology, 1933 in the general sense of "anything constructed;" from construct (v.).
Example
- 1. In practice , pipelines are hugely expensive , environmentally risky and take years to construct .
- 2. Using our binary nodes , we can construct a binary tree .
- 3. Since everything is an object in scala , the object construct keeps this policy consistent .
- 4. Social media and business is actually a difficult construct .
- 5. They actively construct new houses .