construct

Plural: constructs

Noun

• an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
• Something constructed from parts.
• A concept or model.
• A segment of nucleic acid, created artificially, for transplantation into a target cell or tissue.

Verb

• make by combining materials and parts
  • "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"
• put together out of artificial or natural components or parts; ; ; He manufactured a popular cereal"
• draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions
  • "construct an equilateral triangle"
• create by linking linguistic units
  • "construct a sentence"
  • "construct a paragraph"
• create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts
  • "construct a proof"
  • "construct an argument"
• reassemble mentally
  • "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago"
• To build or form (something) by assembling parts.
• To build (a sentence, an argument, etc.) by arranging words or ideas.
• To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using geometric tools and techniques.

Examples

• A sentence may be constructed with a subject, verb and object.
• A wall constructed of random stones.
• Bohr's theoretical construct of the atom was soon superseded by quantum mechanics.
• Construct a circle that touches each vertex of the given triangle.
• Loops and conditional statements are constructs in computer programming.
• The artwork was a construct of wire and tubes.
• We constructed the radio from spares.

Synonyms

build, concept, conception, fabricate, make, manufacture, reconstruct, retrace, assemble, form, idea, model, notion, produce, put together, representation, something constructed from parts

Antonyms

misconception, destroy, disassemble, dismantle, ruin, take apart, wreck