Construct

construct
    n 1: an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from
         specific instances [syn: {concept}, {conception},
         {construct}] [ant: {misconception}]
    v 1: make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig
         made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed
         an electric brassiere warmer" [syn: {construct}, {build},
         {make}]
    2: put together out of artificial or natural components or
       parts; "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They
       manufacture small toys"; He manufactured a popular cereal"
       [syn: {manufacture}, {fabricate}, {construct}]
    3: draw with suitable instruments and under specified
       conditions; "construct an equilateral triangle"
    4: create by linking linguistic units; "construct a sentence";
       "construct a paragraph"
    5: create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or
       concepts; "construct a proof"; "construct an argument"
    6: reassemble mentally; "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago"
       [syn: {reconstruct}, {construct}, {retrace}]
    

Construct \Con*struct"\ (k[o^]n*str[u^]kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Constructed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Constructing}.] [L.
   constructus, p. p. of construere to bring together, to
   construct; con- + struere to pile up, set in order. See
   {Structure}, and cf. {Construe}.]
   1. To put together the constituent parts of (something) in
      their proper place and order; to build; to form; to make;
      as, to construct an edifice.
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   2. To devise; to invent; to set in order; to arrange; as, to
      construct a theory of ethics.

   Syn: To build; erect; form; compile; make; fabricate;
        originate; invent.
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Construct \Con"struct\, a.
   Formed by, or relating to, construction, interpretation, or
   inference.
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   {Construct form} or {Construct state} (Heb. Gram.), that of a
      noun used before another which has the genitive relation
      to it.
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75 Moby Thesaurus words for "construct":
      architecture, assemble, build, build up, building, cast, combine,
      compose, compound, concoct, consist of, constitute, construction,
      create, devise, edifice, elaborate, embody, enter into, erect,
      erection, establish, establishment, evolve, extrude, fabric,
      fabricate, fashion, forge, form, formulate, frame, fudge together,
      get up, go into, house, incorporate, indite, invent, join, make,
      make up, manufacture, mature, merge in, mix, mold, organize,
      packaged house, patch together, piece together, pile, prefab,
      prefabricate, prefabrication, prepare, produce, put together,
      put up, pyramid, raise, rear, run up, set, set up, shape,
      skyscraper, structure, superstructure, synthesize, tower, unite in,
      uprear, whomp up, write