definition of
construction

[1] #1 construction n. [building] the act of constructing something; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats". wn

[2] #2 construction n. [grammatical construction, expression] a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit; "I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner". wn

[3] #3 construction n. [mental synthesis] the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought. wn

[4] #4 construction n. [structure] a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons". wn

[5] #5 construction n. drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem; "the assignment was to make a construction that could be used in proving the Pythagorean theorem". wn