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.
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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151. A boom period of speculative house building peaked between 1928 and 1936 when construction of 118,000 dwellings annually increased to 293,000.
152. B - indicate little more than the immediate place of work during the construction of the pavements of a single building.
153. The construction works on the tunnel would disrupt one of the colony's main breeding grounds.
154. The essential characteristic of Byzantine dome construction is that such a dome is supported upon and covers a square form.
155. I concede at once, the language is ambiguous and I see the strength of the linguistic argument in favour of the average cost construction.
156. The work was carried out during the period 1980-1 and the existing building construction was found to be generally in good condition.
157. But the beauty of George Washington Goethals' eighty-year-old construction becomes apparent within moments of arrival.
158. The city turns a seamed cheek upward, confides itself to the sound and hazardous construction of a journey by starlight.
159. The project is gathering information about the way understanding is achieved through the construction of shared meanings in primary classroom interactions.
160. There were about 500 construction workers renovating the tower when the fire broke out.
161. They put an ad in the paper for people to be the cowboy, the construction worker and the biker.
162. Over a million square feet of prestige industrial and commercial premises under construction or being planned.
163. This court is thus called upon for the first time to give construction to these articles....
164. A few new houses were under construction[Sentencedict.com], using breeze-blocks rather than the traditional brick.
165. He also made a deal with the Port District that permitted construction of the convention center.
166. Although of very traditional design and similar in appearance to Nos. 1-35, they were of rather more robust construction.
167. And, according to state law, railroad traffic can not be interrupted, even during the construction of an underpass.
168. Four other independent generating stations are under construction and the Government are aware of about 30 other potential independent projects.
169. Before the decommissioning and construction of a maintenance facility can occur, however, the Navy must complete an environmental assessment report.
170. Slightly more cheerful results are expected this week from another construction group, Amec.
171. Indeed, lack of available land and government regulations have hampered construction of new cemeteries over the decades, authorities said.
172. The number of fatal accidents in the construction industry has dropped dramatically in recent years.
173. Analogies are of interest because they require a construction and comparison of relationships between the members that make up the analogy.
174. Some central features of narrative construction were studied, including the gradual embellishment of stories and their emotional content.
175. Construction method would be single walled using concrete blocks and bricks.
176. Construction metaphors aptly describe what prosecutors and other trial lawyers do.
177. Large construction projects, like an office building or industrial complex for example, are too complicated for one person to supervise.
178. Here we see that same attention to detail, physical presence and construction focused on much more accessible subject matter.
179. Space scientists had to adopt a whole new approach to design and construction.
180. Gender should never be used as a bottom line explanation because it is a social construction needing explanation itself.
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