Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To build or form (something) by assembling parts.

    We constructed the radio from spares.

    A wall constructed of random stones.

    bauen, konstruieren

    стро́итьstróitʹ, постро́итьpostróitʹ, конструи́роватьkonstruírovatʹ

    будува́тиbuduváty, збудува́тиzbuduváty, конструюва́тиkonstrujuváty

  2. (transitive)To build (a sentence, an argument, etc.) by arranging words or ideas.

    A sentence may be constructed with a subject, verb and object.

    составля́тьsostavljátʹ, соста́витьsostávitʹ, стро́итьstróitʹ

  3. (transitive)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.

    konstruieren

    стро́итьstróitʹ, постро́итьpostróitʹ

More definitions
  • draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions
  • make by combining materials and parts
  • create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts
  • create by linking linguistic units

Examples

155 sentences
  1. They constructed a bridge.

    Вони збудували міст.

    ruОни построили мост.

    deSie bauten eine Brücke.

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  2. I wonder when this building was constructed.

    ruИнтересно, когда было построено это здание.

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  3. Esperanto is a constructed language.

    Есперанто - штучна мова.

    ruЭсперанто - это искусственный язык.

    deEsperanto ist eine konstruierte Sprache.

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  4. Esperanto is a popular constructed language.

    deEsperanto ist eine beliebte Plansprache.

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  5. They're constructing a bridge over the river.

    ruОни строят над рекой мост.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
build or form by assembling parts:
Русский
By meaning 2
build or form by assembling parts:
build (a sentence or argument):
Deutsch
By meaning 1
build or form by assembling parts:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin cōnstrūctus, from cōnstruō (“to heap together”), from com- (“together”

Borrowed from Latin cōnstrūctus, from cōnstruō (“to heap together”), from com- (“together”) + struō (“to heap up, pile”). Doublet of construe.

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Forms

constructs, constructing, constructed, constructed
Base formconstruct · to construct
3rd person singularconstructs
Present participleconstructing
Past simpleconstructed
Past participleconstructed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyconstruct
he, she, itconstructs

Past simpleLesson

all personsconstructed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave constructed
he, she, ithas constructed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill construct

Synonyms

10 synonyms
build or form by assembling parts':assembleB2buildA1formB1makeA1produceA2put together
Close in meaning

Antonyms

6 antonyms

Word family

16 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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