1. Make by combining materials and parts
   "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"
   - build, make 
2. Put together out of artificial or natural components or parts
   - manufacture, fabricate 
3. Draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions
   "construct an equilateral triangle" 
4. Create by linking linguistic units
   "construct a sentence"; "construct a paragraph" 
5. Create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts
   "construct a proof"; "construct an argument" 
6. Reassemble mentally
   - reconstruct, retrace

1. An abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
   - concept, conception

Derived forms: constructs, constructing, constructed

See also: construction, constructor

Type of: conjecture, create, create by mental act, create mentally, delineate, describe, draw, hypothecate, hypothesise [Brit], hypothesize, idea, line, make, speculate, suppose, theorise [Brit], theorize, thought, trace

Encyclopedia: Construct

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