n.
Pronunciation: k ə n- ' str ə k-sh ə n
Function: noun
Date: 14th century
1 : the act or result of construing, interpreting, or explaining
2 a : the process, art, or manner of constructing something also : a thing constructed b : the construction industry <working in construction >
3 : the arrangement and connection of words or groups of words in a sentence : syntactical arrangement
4 : a sculpture that is put together out of separate pieces of often disparate materials
– con · struc · tion · al \ -shn ə l, -sh ə -n ə l \ adjective
– con · struc · tion · al · ly adverb