English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search

English
Image:Peoria construction.JPG|thumb|right|300px|Construction on I-74

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-construction.ogg|Audio (US)

Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ʌkʃən|-ʌkʃən

Noun
construction

1. The process of constructing

#: Construction is underway on the new bridge

1. Anything that has been constructed

#:The engineer marvelled at his construction

1. The trade of building structures

#:He had worked in construction all his life

1. A building, model or some other structure

#:The office was a construction of steel and glass

1. An artistic composition such as a collage etc.

#:"Construction in string and clockwork" took first prize

1. The manner in which something is built

#:A thing of simple construction

1. Grammar A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase

Translations
trans-top|process of constructing
Croatian: t-|hr|konstrukcija|f
Finnish: rakentaminen
German: Bau m
trans-mid
Greek: κατασκευή (kataskevi) f
Hebrew: בנייה (bni'a) f
trans-bottom

trans-top|structure
Croatian: t-|hr|konstrukcija|f
Finnish: rakenne
trans-mid
German: Bauwerk n
Hebrew: מבנה (mivne) m
trans-bottom

trans-top|trade of building
Croatian: t|hr|građevinarstvo|n
German: Bau m, Bauwesen n
Greek: οικοδομική (ikodomiki) f
trans-mid
Hebrew: בניין (binian) m
trans-bottom

trans-top|artistic composition
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|manner in which sth is built
Croatian: t-|hr|konstrukcija|f
German: Aufbau m
trans-mid
Greek: κατασκευή (kataskevi) f
trans-bottom

trans-top|grammar
Finnish: rakenne
trans-mid
German: Satzbau m
trans-bottom

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