(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Construction is the building of things such as houses, factories, roads, and bridges.
He’d already started ~ on a hunting lodge.
...the only nuclear power station under ~ in Britain.
...the downturn in the ~ industry...
? demolition
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2.
The ~ of something such as a vehicle or machine is the making of it.
...companies who have long experience in the ~ of those types of equipment...
With the exception of teak, this is the finest wood for boat ~.
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3.
The ~ of something such as a system is the creation of it.
...the ~ of a just system of criminal justice.
= creation
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4.
You can refer to an object that has been built or made as a ~.
The British pavilion is an impressive steel and glass ~ the size of Westminster Abbey.
= structure
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5.
You use ~ to refer to the structure of something and the way it has been built or made.
The Shakers believed that furniture should be plain, simple, useful, practical and of sound ~...
The chairs were light in ~ yet extremely strong.
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6.
A grammatical ~ is a particular arrangement of words in a sentence, clause, or phrase.
Avoid complex verbal ~s.
= structure
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