Definition of construction

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• construction is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 16
• construction is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 16
• construction is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 21

Definition of construction

• the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones (noun)

  Examples

  1. their main business is home construction

  Synonyms

  1. building
• the act of constructing something (noun)

  Examples

  1. during the construction we had to take a detour

  Synonyms

  1. building
• an interpretation of a text or action (noun)

  Examples

  1. they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct

  Synonyms

  1. twist
• the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. mental synthesis
• a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit (noun)

  Examples

  1. I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner

  Synonyms

  1. expression
  2. grammatical construction
• a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts (noun)

  Examples

  1. she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons

  Synonyms

  1. structure
• drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem (noun)

  Examples

  1. the assignment was to make a construction that could be used in proving the Pythagorean theorem

See definition of construction in Merriam Webster