Constructor Meaning
/kənˈstɹʌktɚ/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA method or function used to create and initialize an object.
nounA person who, or thing that, constructs.
Sentence Examples
The constructor initializes the object when it is created.
He works as a master constructor for a large firm.
The class constructor initializes all the variables when called.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The robot's ____ assembled the parts with incredible speed and accuracy.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ initializes the object when it is created.
Word Origin & History
From Medieval Latin cōnstrūctor, from Latin cōnstruō (“to build”). By surface analysis, construct + -or.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"All this time the great work over which South Australia was spending large sums of money, aided by unceasing efforts on the part of her telegraph constructors, was going on."
— 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 134:
"It's a big help in solving cryptograms if you know how a cryptogram is constructed. The constructor normally uses two alphabets, one for plaintext, one for the substitute cipher letters."
— 1981, Norma Gleason, Cryptograms and Spygrams, Courier Corporation, →ISBN, page 7:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The robot's ____ assembled the parts with incredible speed and accuracy.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ initializes the object when it is created.