Construct

Pronunciation: /kənˈstrʌkt/

Construct (verb)

  1. to make or build something, like a building or road.
  2. to form an idea or theory by combining different parts.

Examples

  • They construct bridges over rivers.
  • Workers construct new roads every year.

Common collocations: construct a building, construct a bridge, carefully construct, construct an argument, construct a theory

Construct (noun)

  1. an idea or concept made by combining different elements.
  2. a building or something that has been built.

Examples

  • The construct of freedom varies across cultures.
  • Justice is a social construct.

Synonyms of Construct

Formal

Neutral

Antonyms of Construct

  • when discussing the destruction of structures
  • when discussing taking apart constructed items