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# construct

«construct» in Mova's school dictionary: **To build or make something, such as a house, bridge or model** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (construct, constructs, constructed, constructing); noun (a construct, constructs)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To build or make something, such as a house, bridge or model. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/construct/#m1)

2) (maths) To draw a shape accurately using a ruler, compasses and protractor: «Construct a triangle with sides 5 cm, 6 cm and 7 cm.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/construct/#m2)

3) To put together ideas or words: «construct a sentence», «construct an argument». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/construct/#m3)

4) (noun, formal) An idea or thing made by people's minds rather than found in nature. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/construct/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In maths lessons «construct» is a key instruction: use exact tools, not freehand. In science and technology pupils construct models, circuits and bridges. In English they construct sentences and paragraphs. Phrases: «construct a triangle», «construct a model», «well constructed», «construct a sentence».

### examples

- Workers constructed a new bridge over the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/construct/#x1)
- Construct an angle of 60 degrees using a protractor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/construct/#x2)
- We constructed a model volcano. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/construct/#x3)
- Can you construct a sentence using the word «because»? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/construct/#x4)
- The bird constructed its nest from twigs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/construct/#x5)
- Money is a human construct. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/construct/#x6)
- She therefore instructed the hero how to construct a raft, for which she herself wove the sails. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/construct/#x7)

### note

Verb stress: con-STRUCT; noun stress: CON-struct. Noun for the activity: construction. More formal than «build». In maths, «construct» means draw accurately, while «sketch» means draw roughly.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «construct» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/construct/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.