Pronunciation

noun

• (UK) enPR: kŏn'strŭkt, IPA ^(key): /ˈkɒnstrʌkt/Category:Entries with IPA pronunciation, SAMPA: /"kQnstrVkt/
• (US) enPR: kän'strŭkt, IPA ^(key): /ˈkɑnstrʌkt/Category:Entries with IPA pronunciation, SAMPA: /"kAnstrVkt/

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verb

• enPR: kənstrŭkt'
• IPA ^(key): /kənˈstrʌkt/Category:Entries with IPA pronunciation
• SAMPA: /k@n"strVkt/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

  Category:Entries with audio pronunciation

Noun

1. Something made from parts.

   That artwork is a construct of wires and tubes.

2. A concept or model.

   The construct of the world being flat was changed due to Copernicus' telescope.

Verb

Construct is on the Academic Vocabulary List.

Category:AVL

1. (transitive)Category:Transitive verbs To make, build, or form (something) by putting the parts together.

   We constructed the radio from parts.

2. (transitive)Category:Transitive verbs Similarly, to build (a sentence or an argument) by arranging words or ideas.

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

3. (transitive)Category:Transitive verbs; (geometry)Category:Geometry To draw a figure by following a method.

   Construct a circle that touches each point of the given triangle.