construction
noun
Simple meaning
The trade of building structures.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
kuhnstruhkshuhnSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
kənstˈɹʌkʃən
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
The commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones
“Their main business is home construction.”
The trade of building structures.
A building, model or some other structure.
A thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
Anything that has been constructed.
The manner in which something is built.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A1 · Beginner (estimated)
- Frequency
- Very Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: The commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones
Used this way, construction is a common word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
“Their main business is home construction.”
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Nearby words
- expression , a specialist term, precise but narrower
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use construction
- “Their main business is home construction.”noun
- “During the construction we had to take a detour.”noun
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Word Family
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Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
An industry that builds housing.
Paper suitable for drawing and making cutouts.
A worker skilled in building offices or dwellings etc.
A group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit.
The construction of roads.
Related Words
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- maintenancenoun
- damnoun
- bridgenoun
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