Meaning

Something constructed from parts..

Definitions by Sense

1. Something constructed from parts.
2. A concept or model.
3. (genetics) A segment of nucleic acid, created artificially, for transplantation into a target cell or tissue.
4. (transitive) To build or form (something) by assembling parts.
5. (transitive, grammar) To build (a sentence, an argument, etc.) by arranging words or ideas.
6. (transitive, geometry) To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using geometric tools and techniques.

Example Sentences

The artwork was a construct of wire and tubes.

Loops and conditional statements are constructs in computer programming.

Bohr's theoretical construct of the atom was soon superseded by quantum mechanics.

We constructed the radio from spares.

A wall constructed of random stones.

The Carnarvonshire Railway was incorporated by an Act of July 29, 1862, with powers to construct a standard-gauge line from the Bangor & Carnarvon at Caernarvon [1958 spelling] to Portmadoc, a distance of 27¾ miles, but only the centre portion, from Penygroes to Afonwen, 11¾ miles, was built.

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

The Vietnam War films are forms of memory that function to provide collective rememberings, to construct history, and to subsume within them the experience of the veterans.

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• constructs
• constructing
• constructed

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Use construct when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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