Antonym: demolition, destruction, ruination, wreck. Similar words: constructing, instruction, instructional, construct, destruction, instruct, instructor, demonstration. Meaning: [-kʃn] n. 1. the act of constructing something 2. the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones 3. a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts 4. a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit 5. the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought 6. an interpretation of a text or action 7. drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem.
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61. The company has been hammered by the downturn in the construction and motor industries.
62. The starting date for the construction work is June 23rd.
63. Contractors winning construction jobs had to kick back 2 per cent of the contract price to the mafia.
64. The airport is being privately funded by a construction group.
65. This construction should not be confused with the regular passive.
66. I don't want them to put the wrong construction on my actions.
67. They bulldozed trees and rubbles from the area and started construction.
68. Marine construction technology like this is very complex, somewhat analogous to trying to build a bridge under water.
69. The construction site of a new school was a hive of activity.
70. Falling house prices are illustrative of the crisis facing the construction industry.
71. The bridge is a marvellous work of engineering and construction.
72. They are trying to get an interim interdict to stop construction of the road.
73. There is a new music hall near here under construction.
74. A $ 75 M contract has been awarded to Swedish construction firm.
75. Please do not put a wrong construction on her action.
76. In the example mentioned above,[http://sentencedict.com/construction.html] either method of construction could have been used.
77. The Russian government had called a halt to the construction of a new project in the Rostov region.
78. The construction crew blasted out a tunnel through the mountain.
79. The British pavilion is an impressive steel and glass construction the size of Westminster Abbey.
80. With the exception of teak, this is the finest wood for boat construction.
81. We can ponder over the ways and means for raising funds before the construction work starts.
82. It can be difficult to forecast demand in the construction industry.
83. The firm tendered for the construction of the new cinema.
84. He called for checks to discover whether corrupt officials are being bribed to connive in shoddy construction.
85. The real cause of the problem lies in the poor construction of the bridge.
86. What he has just said does not bear such a construction.
87. The tractor landed me at the construction site of the new city theatre.
88. How can they put such a damning construction on a perfectly innocent phrase?
89. We're now reaching the end of stage 3 of the construction.
90. Increases in new construction would be a stimulant to the economy.
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