construct
/kənˈstɹʌkt/ verb B1- To build or form (something) by assembling parts. · We constructed the radio from spares.· A wall constructed of random stones.
- To build (a sentence, an argument, etc.) by arranging words or ideas. · A sentence may be constructed with a subject, verb and object.
- To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using geometric tools and techniques. · Construct a circle that touches each vertex of the given triangle.
He/she/it constructs · Past constructed · Past participle constructed · -ing form constructing
Verb forms
- Base form
- construct
- He/she/it
- constructs
- Past
- constructed
- Past participle
- constructed
- -ing form
- constructing
From the library
“Do you mean to say that anyone holding these three papers, and without the seven others, could construct a Bruce-Partington submarine?”
It is the work of another age, constructed by the genii of earth and water.”
The lodge was a ruin of black granite and bared ribs of rafters, but facing it was a new building, half constructed, the first fruit of Sir Charles’s South African gold.
I knew that seclusion and solitude were very necessary for my friend in those hours of intense mental concentration during which he weighed every particle of evidence, constructed alternative theories, balanced one against the other, and made up his mind as to which points were essential and which immaterial.
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