construct

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From Latin construo (I heap together, build, make, construct, connect gramatically) < com- (together) + struo (I heap up, pile).

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Singular
construct

Plural
constructs

construct (plural constructs)

  1. Something constructed from parts.
    The artwork was a construct of wire and tubes.
  2. A concept or model.
    Bohr's theoretical construct of the atom was soon superseded by quantum mechanics.

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Infinitive
to construct

Third person singular
constructs

Simple past
constructed

Past participle
constructed

Present participle
constructing

to construct (third-person singular simple present constructs, present participle constructing, simple past and past participle constructed)

  1. (transitive) To build or form (something) by assembling parts.
    We constructed the radio from spares.
  2. (transitive) Similarly, to build (a sentence or an argument) by arranging words or ideas.
    A sentence may be constructed with a subject, verb and object.
  3. (transitive) (geometry) 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.

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