constructionnoun
uk/kənˈstrʌk.ʃən/us/kənˈstrʌk.ʃən/construction noun (BUILDING)
B2 [ U ] the work of building or making something, especially buildings, bridges, etc.:
[ U ] the particular type of structure, materials, etc. that something has:
B2 [ C ] a building:
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- Falling house prices are illustrative of the crisis facing the construction industry.
- The starting date for the construction work is June 23.
- The construction of the tunnel is a large and complex undertaking.
- He called for checks to discover whether corrupt officials are being bribed to connive in shoddy construction.
- How are we going to pay for the construction work?
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Buildng: construction work & workers
- brick
- brick up sth
- bricklayer
- brickwork
- bridge
- builder
- develop
- erect
- glazier
- go up
- improver
- jerry-built
- joinery
- roof
- roof sth in/over
- roofer
- roofing
- rouseabout
- scaffolding
- slate
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construction noun (LANGUAGE)
B2 [ C ] specialized language the way in which the words in a sentence or phrase are arranged:
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Linguistic terms & linguistic style
- affricate
- allophone
- anaphor
- anaphora
- anaphoric
- double entendre
- ellipsis
- idiomatic
- irregular
- lexicology
- linguistic
- litotes
- neurolinguistics
- parallelism
- philology
- portmanteau word
- semantic
- semiotics
- stylistics
- tone language
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to understand something in a particular way:
to understand something as having a particular meaning, especially other people's actions and statements:
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Judgments and analyses
- acquihire
- analysis
- appraisal
- assessment
- critique
- heed
- interpretation
- job evaluation
- judgment
- misjudge
- notice
- press
- prognostication
- rap
- rating
- review
- self-assessment
- study
- time-and-motion study
- unrated
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