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- pronunciation:
- k
 n
struhk
shn
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the act or process of building or constructing.
- synonyms:
- assembly, building, fabrication, raising
- similar words:
- creation, execution
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| definition 2: |
something that is put together or constructed; structure.
- synonyms:
- building, structure
- similar words:
- assembly, contraction, edifice, erection, framework
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| definition 3: |
the manner in which something is constructed.
- synonyms:
- structure
- similar words:
- architecture, assembly, configuration, conformation, design, form, format, style, tectonics
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| definition 4: |
the job or business of constructing, esp. buildings, roads, or other large structures.
- synonyms:
- building
- similar words:
- fabrication, tectonics
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| related words: |
building, composition, idiom, manufacture, weave |
adjective + (n.)construction
architectural, massive, modular, narrative, naval, new, ongoing, planned, proposed, residential, shoddy, skilled, socialist, statutory, sturdy
verb + (n.)construction
complete, dam, delay, finance, fund, halt, house, oversee, permit, supervise
(n.)construction
+ verb
mine, project
noun + (n.)construction
acquisition,
agriculture,
aluminum,
architecture,
brick,
bridge,
builder,
building,
design,
developer,
dollar,
engineering,
estate,
freeway,
highway,
housing,
lumber,
manufacturing,
mining,
moratorium,
planning,
railroad,
repair,
road,
steel,
tunnel,
wetland
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| derivations: |
constructional (adj.), constructionally (adv.) |
The word construction
contains the following parts:
con-
Latin
prefix
that means with, together
  More about this word part:
The prefix con-
is an assimilated form of com- used before roots beginning with c, d, f, g, j, n, s, t, and v. See com-. Note: con-
is frequently an intensive prefix, as in " conceive
."
Example words:
conceive, concentrate, concentric, conclude, conclusion, condone, conduce, conducive, conduct, conductive, conduction, confer, conference, confidant, confide, confidence, confident, confine, confirm, conflict, confluence, conflux, conform, confuse, confusion, congener, congratulate, congregate, congress, conjecture, conjunct, conjunction, conjunctiva, connect, connote, conscript, conscription, consign, consonant, conspiracy, constant, constrain, construct, construction, contact, contain, container, context, continue, contract, conversant, convince, convict, conviction, convivial, convocation, convoke, inconceivable, inconsonant, inconspicuous, connotation, consequence, consequent
struct
Latin
root
that means build
Example words:
construct, construction, destroy, destruction, destructive, indestructible, instruct, instruction, instructor, obstruct, structure
-ion
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means the act, process, or result of
More about this word part:
The suffix -ion
attaches to bases that are Latin verb stems ending in s or t.
Example words:
ablation, abrasion, accession, action, addiction, addition, admission, adoption, affection, affliction, aggression, ambition, attention, audition, commission, commissioner, compassion, compassionate, conclusion, condition, confusion, congestion, construction, direction, diction, dictionary, exclusion, expedition, fusion, illusion, immersion, incision, interaction, inquisition, mission, nation, omission, passion, passionate, permission, prediction, prescription, question, reaction, reflection, rendition, revolution, satisfaction, section, session, solution, television, transaction
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