Construction
noun
The building of something, typically a large structure such as a house or road.
There was a lot of construction going on in the city.
Often appears as...
- construction site
- construction worker
noun
The way that something is built or put together.
The construction of the bridge took three years.
Often appears as...
- construction material
- construction design
noun
A creation or an interpretation of something.
Your construction of the events is completely different from what actually happened.
Often appears as...
- construction of reality
- construction of knowledge
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
The industry in which buildings and infrastructure are constructed.
He works in construction.
Often appears as...
- construction industry
- construction company
noun
A word or phrase made by arranging letters or symbols.
In English, 'unhappy' is one construction for expressing the opposite of 'happy'.
Often appears as...
- word construction
- sentence construction
Usage tips
Academic
noun
The building of something, typically a large structure such as a house or road.
There was a lot of construction going on in the city.
Often appears as...
- construction site
- construction worker
noun
The way that something is built or put together.
The construction of the bridge took three years.
Often appears as...
- construction material
- construction design
noun
A creation or an interpretation of something.
Your construction of the events is completely different from what actually happened.
Often appears as...
- construction of reality
- construction of knowledge
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
The industry in which buildings and infrastructure are constructed.
He works in construction.
Often appears as...
- construction industry
- construction company
noun
A word or phrase made by arranging letters or symbols.
In English, 'unhappy' is one construction for expressing the opposite of 'happy'.
Often appears as...
- word construction
- sentence construction
Usage tips
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Physical Activity
The term often implies physical labor and outdoor work.
Construction workers must wear safety helmets at the construction site.
Pro Tip 2/3Ongoing Process
'Under construction' indicates that the building process is currently happening.
The new hospital is still under construction.
Pro Tip 3/3Temporary Disruption
Implies possible disruptions like noise, detours, or dust during construction work.
Expect traffic delays due to road construction ahead.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Activity
The term often implies physical labor and outdoor work.
Construction workers must wear safety helmets at the construction site.
Pro Tip 2/3Ongoing Process
'Under construction' indicates that the building process is currently happening.
The new hospital is still under construction.
Pro Tip 3/3Temporary Disruption
Implies possible disruptions like noise, detours, or dust during construction work.
Expect traffic delays due to road construction ahead.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Activity
The term often implies physical labor and outdoor work.
Construction workers must wear safety helmets at the construction site.
Pro Tip 2/3Ongoing Process
'Under construction' indicates that the building process is currently happening.
The new hospital is still under construction.
Pro Tip 3/3Temporary Disruption
Implies possible disruptions like noise, detours, or dust during construction work.
Expect traffic delays due to road construction ahead.
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Saving Water Voles From...
here at the consultancy and just how important these little mammals are so tell us a little bit about the work you do here with the water bowls so we breed the water voles we'll go on to different sites and we'll trap them if they're trying to do construction work and obviously the waterfalls aren't
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The incredible history...
He spent his last years desperately employing alchemists and deploying expeditions in search of elixirs of life that would help him achieve immortality. And as early as the first year of his reign, he began the construction of a massive underground necropolis filled with monuments, artifacts,
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How to take a picture of...
the imaging algorithms I develop use our limited telescope data to guide us to a picture that also looks like stuff in our universe. Using these algorithms, we're able to piece together pictures from this sparse, noisy data. So here I show a sample reconstruction done using simulated data,
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The complex geometry of...
We can follow the same steps to create sixfold patterns by drawing construction lines over a circle divided into six parts, and then tessellating it, we can make something like this. Here's another sixfold pattern that has appeared across the centuries and all over the Islamic world,
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What is international...
when developing countries need to improve their infrastructure they don't have the equipment or the capacity to do these kinds of projects themselves so they hire big construction firms from wealthy countries to come in and do it for them for example Turkmenistan has paid two
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Building the impossible:...
the project's lead engineers. Even before construction began, the pair faced all kinds of opposition. The military feared the bridge would make the important harbor an even more vulnerable target. Ferry companies claimed the bridge would steal their business,
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Why do whales sing? -...
For example, scientists have been able to differentiate the elusive blue whale's populations worldwide based on their songs. But the oceans are getting noisier as a result of human activity. Boating, military sonar, underwater construction,
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Builders of the Pyramids...
symmetry are the workmen who died during the construction of building the fairness in we are able now for the first time to understand the delight of the welcome and open temperament the workers used their skills to build tombs
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Self-assembly: The power...
and our construction sites were like gardens that grow and adapt independently. The possibilities are endless and it's now up to us to design a better world through self assembly.
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5 Reasons Ants Are...
workers pull as one bridges are built helping ants move quickly around the site to hold their construction together they
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Saving Water Voles From...
here at the consultancy and just how important these little mammals are so tell us a little bit about the work you do here with the water bowls so we breed the water voles we'll go on to different sites and we'll trap them if they're trying to do construction work and obviously the waterfalls aren't
Video examples
The incredible history...
He spent his last years desperately employing alchemists and deploying expeditions in search of elixirs of life that would help him achieve immortality. And as early as the first year of his reign, he began the construction of a massive underground necropolis filled with monuments, artifacts,
Video examples
How to take a picture of...
the imaging algorithms I develop use our limited telescope data to guide us to a picture that also looks like stuff in our universe. Using these algorithms, we're able to piece together pictures from this sparse, noisy data. So here I show a sample reconstruction done using simulated data,
Video examples
The complex geometry of...
We can follow the same steps to create sixfold patterns by drawing construction lines over a circle divided into six parts, and then tessellating it, we can make something like this. Here's another sixfold pattern that has appeared across the centuries and all over the Islamic world,
Video examples
What is international...
when developing countries need to improve their infrastructure they don't have the equipment or the capacity to do these kinds of projects themselves so they hire big construction firms from wealthy countries to come in and do it for them for example Turkmenistan has paid two
Video examples
Building the impossible:...
the project's lead engineers. Even before construction began, the pair faced all kinds of opposition. The military feared the bridge would make the important harbor an even more vulnerable target. Ferry companies claimed the bridge would steal their business,
Video examples
Why do whales sing? -...
For example, scientists have been able to differentiate the elusive blue whale's populations worldwide based on their songs. But the oceans are getting noisier as a result of human activity. Boating, military sonar, underwater construction,
Video examples
Builders of the Pyramids...
symmetry are the workmen who died during the construction of building the fairness in we are able now for the first time to understand the delight of the welcome and open temperament the workers used their skills to build tombs
Video examples
Self-assembly: The power...
and our construction sites were like gardens that grow and adapt independently. The possibilities are endless and it's now up to us to design a better world through self assembly.
Video examples
5 Reasons Ants Are...
workers pull as one bridges are built helping ants move quickly around the site to hold their construction together they
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Eric Trump
American Businessman
Out of all my friends, I believe I'm the only kid whose dad made us work to cut rebars; we laid bricks in construction sites and did other real work every summer for minimum wage. Our dad said that it's important in the future that when we tell people to dig a hole, that you personally know how long it will take to dig that hole.
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Paul Feig
American Director
The more suits I owned, the more I realized the best besuited look a man can achieve comes from a harmony of three details: fabric, construction, and fit. If the suit fits you like a glove and it's well made, you simply feel better about everything in life when you're wearing it.
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Ingrid Betancourt
Colombian Politician
These years after my liberation were years of reconstruction, and I think I made the right decisions... I mean, I lost everything: my life; my father died; I didn't know anything about my children.
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Stephen LaBerge
American Psychologist
Dreams look real, but they're in your mind, so you realize that the physical world is also a construction, which shows that the mind can affect reality in more ways than you can imagine.
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Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Indian Scientist
The black holes of nature are the most perfect macroscopic objects there are in the universe: the only elements in their construction are our concepts of space and time.
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Kym Whitley
American Actress
I come from a long line of architects. I'm the only one who did not become an architect, but I've been around the drawing aspect and construction my whole life.
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Hanoi Hannah
Vietnamese Celebrity
Because our fight has been for such a long time we are isolated from the world, even after reconstruction we don't have much attention from people outside.
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Lady Gaga
American Singer
None of the records I make are ever a deliberate construction - they're always an expression of who I am at the time and where I am in my life.
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Jean Piaget
Swiss Psychologist
This means that no single logic is strong enough to support the total construction of human knowledge.
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Gaspar Noe
Argentinian Director
Every single life is about construction and destruction.
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Eric Trump
American Businessman
Out of all my friends, I believe I'm the only kid whose dad made us work to cut rebars; we laid bricks in construction sites and did other real work every summer for minimum wage. Our dad said that it's important in the future that when we tell people to dig a hole, that you personally know how long it will take to dig that hole.
Quote examples
Paul Feig
American Director
The more suits I owned, the more I realized the best besuited look a man can achieve comes from a harmony of three details: fabric, construction, and fit. If the suit fits you like a glove and it's well made, you simply feel better about everything in life when you're wearing it.
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Ingrid Betancourt
Colombian Politician
These years after my liberation were years of reconstruction, and I think I made the right decisions... I mean, I lost everything: my life; my father died; I didn't know anything about my children.
Quote examples
Stephen LaBerge
American Psychologist
Dreams look real, but they're in your mind, so you realize that the physical world is also a construction, which shows that the mind can affect reality in more ways than you can imagine.
Quote examples
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Indian Scientist
The black holes of nature are the most perfect macroscopic objects there are in the universe: the only elements in their construction are our concepts of space and time.
Quote examples
Kym Whitley
American Actress
I come from a long line of architects. I'm the only one who did not become an architect, but I've been around the drawing aspect and construction my whole life.
Quote examples
Hanoi Hannah
Vietnamese Celebrity
Because our fight has been for such a long time we are isolated from the world, even after reconstruction we don't have much attention from people outside.
Quote examples
Lady Gaga
American Singer
None of the records I make are ever a deliberate construction - they're always an expression of who I am at the time and where I am in my life.
Quote examples
Jean Piaget
Swiss Psychologist
This means that no single logic is strong enough to support the total construction of human knowledge.
Quote examples
Gaspar Noe
Argentinian Director
Every single life is about construction and destruction.
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