construction /kәn'strʌkʃәn/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) the act of constructing something
• (n.) a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit
• (n.) the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought

Chinese translation

• n. 建筑, 构造, 建筑物
• [化] 施工

Word details

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

/kәn'strʌkʃәn/

Syllables

3

Exam levels

Gaokao · CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · TOEFL · IELTS

Frequency

Zipf 4.97 · Common

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construct · constraint · constrain · constricted · constrict · construe

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