construction

noun

1. the act of constructing something"during the construction we had to take a detour"
2. a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit"I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner"
3. the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought
4. a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts"the structure consisted of a series of arches"
5. drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem"the assignment was to make a construction that could be used in proving the Pythagorean theorem"
6. an interpretation of a text or action"they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct"
7. the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones"their main business is home construction"