construct

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construct

▶verb /kənˈstrʌkt/ 

• 1 build or erect.

• 2 form (a theory) from various conceptual elements.

• 3 Grammar form (a sentence) according to grammatical rules.

• 4 Geometry draw or delineate (a geometrical figure).

▶noun /ˈkɒnstrʌkt/ 

• 1 an idea or theory.

• 2 Linguistics a group of words forming a phrase.

• 3 a thing constructed.

– derivatives
constructor noun.

– origin ME: from L. construct-, construere ‘heap together, build’, from con- ‘together’ + struere ‘pile, build’.