construct
verb
- to build or make something, such as a building
noun
- ideal object, whose existence depends upon a subject's mind
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.stɹʌkt/ / /ˈkɑn.stɹʌkt/ / /kənˈstɹʌkt/
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cōnstrūctus, from cōnstruō (“to heap together”), from com- (“together”) + struō (“to heap up, pile”). Doublet of construe.
- Something constructed from parts.
“The artwork was a construct of wire and tubes.”
“Loops and conditional statements are constructs in computer programming.”
- A concept or model.
“Bohr's theoretical construct of the atom was soon superseded by quantum mechanics.”
- A segment of nucleic acid, created artificially, for transplantation into a target cell or tissue.
verb
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cōnstrūctus, from cōnstruō (“to heap together”), from com- (“together”) + struō (“to heap up, pile”). Doublet of construe.
- To build or form (something) by assembling parts.
“We constructed the radio from spares.”
“A wall constructed of random stones.”
- To build (a sentence, an argument, etc.) by arranging words or ideas.
“A sentence may be constructed with a subject, verb and object.”
“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.”
- To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using geometric tools and techniques.
“Construct a circle that touches each vertex of the given triangle.”
“The arc of a circle may be very little, but, given that, it is possible to construct the entire figure.”