kənˈstɹʌkʃən ɪkˈspɹɛʃ.ən ˈstɹʌktʃə(ɹ) ˈstɹʌktʃɚ twɪst 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 the act of constructing something during the construction we had to take a detour his hobby was the building of boats the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones their main business is home construction workers in the building trades a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts the structure consisted of a series of arches she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought 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 an interpretation of a text or action they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct