con·struct
(kən-strŭkt́)
[Latin cōnstruere, cōnstrūct-, com-, com-, + struere, to pile up.]
transitive verb: -struct·ed, -struct·ing, -structs.
- To form by assembling or combining parts; build.
- To create (an argument or a sentence, for example) by systematically arranging ideas or terms.
- Mathematics To draw (a geometric figure) that meets specific requirements.
noun
- Something formed or constructed from parts.
- A concept, model, or schematic idea: a theoretical construct of the atom.
- A concrete image or idea: “ began to shift focus from the haunted constructs of terror in his early work” (Stephen Koch)
derivatives
- con·struct́i·ble
- adjective
- con·strućtor
- noun