Construct

Pronunciation

• UK enPR: kŏn'strÅ­kt, IPA: /ˈkÉ’n.stɹʌkt/
• US enPR: kän'strÅ­kt, IPA: /ˈkÉ‘n.stɹʌkt/

• UK enPR: kÉ™n-strÅ­kt', IPA: /kÉ™nˈstɹʌkt/
• Rhymes: -ÊŒkt

Origin

From Latin construo ("I heap together, build, make, construct, connect grammatically"), from com- ("together") + struo ("I heap up, pile").

Full definition of construct

Noun

1. Something constructed from parts.The artwork was a construct of wire and tubes.
2. A concept or model.Bohr's theoretical construct of the atom was soon superseded by quantum mechanics.

Synonyms

• (something constructed from parts): construction
• (concept, model): concept, idea, model, notion, representation

Verb

1. (transitive) To build or form (something) by assembling parts.We constructed the radio from spares.
2. (transitive) Similarly, to build (a sentence, an argument, etc.) by arranging words or ideas.A sentence may be constructed with a subject, verb and object.
• Marita SturkenThe 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.
3. (transitive, geometry) 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.

Synonyms

• (build or form by assembling parts'): assemble, build, form, make, put together
• (build (a sentence or argument)): form
• (draw (a geometric figure)):

Antonyms

• (build or form by assembling parts): destroy, disassemble, dismantle, take apart

Derived terms

• reconstruct

Related terms

• construction
• constructive
• construe