Construct Meaning
/ˈkɒn.stɹʌkt/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounSomething constructed from parts.
nounA concept or model.
Sentence Examples
It is duck soup for a carpenter to construct a chicken coop for his son.
After reading his books I feel I can construct a house.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The architect helped us ____ a theoretical model for the new building.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
It is duck soup for a carpenter to ____ a chicken coop for his son.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from Latin cōnstrūctus, from cōnstruō (“to heap together”), from com- (“together”) + struō (“to heap up, pile”). Doublet of construe.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 1958 September 26, J. M. Dunn, “The Afonwen Line—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 594:
"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."
— 1997, Marita Sturken, Tangled Memories:
"The arc of a circle may be very little, but, given that, it is possible to construct the entire figure."
— 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The architect helped us ____ a theoretical model for the new building.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
It is duck soup for a carpenter to ____ a chicken coop for his son.