[con.struc.tion] n (14c) 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 ~"
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 adj -- con.struc.tion.al.ly adv