What part of speech is construct?

Construct can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. construct is a verb, present, 1st person singular of construct (infinitive).
  • 2. construct is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. construct is a noun, singular of constructs.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does construct mean?

Definitions

Verb

construct - make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"
construct - draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions; "construct an equilateral triangle"
construct - create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts; "construct a proof"; "construct an argument"
construct - create by linking linguistic units; "construct a sentence"; "construct a paragraph"
construct - put together out of artificial or natural components or parts; "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"; He manufactured a popular cereal"
construct - reassemble mentally; "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago"

Noun

construct - Something constructed from parts.
construct - A concept or model.

Examples of construct

#   Sentence  
1. verb Construct an equilateral triangle.
2. verb Construct a proof.
3. verb Construct an argument.
4. verb Construct a sentence.
5. verb Construct a paragraph.
6. verb It is duck soup for a carpenter to construct a chicken coop for his son.
7. verb After reading his books I feel I can construct a house.
8. verb In order to learn from mistakes, we construct a "no blame" system.
9. verb Take my hand. The two of us are going to construct a utopia.
10. verb In the sixteenth century, Ottoman Turks attempted to construct a canal in Egypt to unite the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea.
11. verb I will construct a wooden building.
12. verb The slope of the ground made it difficult to construct the road.
13. verb "Well, what are you waiting for? Construct additional pylons!" "There is not enough minerals." "Then we've got to find the minerals."
14. verb I wanted to construct additional pylons, but a voice told me, "You've not enough energy."
15. verb Autonomous machines will someday be deployed to the Moon, Mars or beyond to construct shelters for human habitation.
16. noun No, you aren't in love, for what you call love is just a psychosocial construct to make people ignore their animalic heritance.
17. noun To be considered as a scale, the construct under consideration should be a continuum, with quantitative units.
18. noun The division of humanity into genetic "races" based on skin color is a social construct. A black African may genetically have more in common (excluding skin color) with a white European than with another black African. Furthermore, social attitudes as to which skin colors are "white" or "black" can vary from culture to culture. A "black" person in one society may be a "white" person in another.
19. noun "Judeo-Christianity" is a 20th-century construct.
20. noun Femininity is a construct influenced by a variety of social and cultural factors.
21. noun Hierarchy is a social construct.
22. noun Continents are a social construct.
Sentence  
verb
Construct an equilateral triangle.
Construct a proof.
Construct an argument.
Construct a sentence.
Construct a paragraph.
It is duck soup for a carpenter to construct a chicken coop for his son.
After reading his books I feel I can construct a house.
In order to learn from mistakes, we construct a "no blame" system.
Take my hand. The two of us are going to construct a utopia.
In the sixteenth century, Ottoman Turks attempted to construct a canal in Egypt to unite the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea.
I will construct a wooden building.
The slope of the ground made it difficult to construct the road.
"Well, what are you waiting for? Construct additional pylons!" "There is not enough minerals." "Then we've got to find the minerals."
I wanted to construct additional pylons, but a voice told me, "You've not enough energy."
Autonomous machines will someday be deployed to the Moon, Mars or beyond to construct shelters for human habitation.
noun
No, you aren't in love, for what you call love is just a psychosocial construct to make people ignore their animalic heritance.
To be considered as a scale, the construct under consideration should be a continuum, with quantitative units.
The division of humanity into genetic "races" based on skin color is a social construct. A black African may genetically have more in common (excluding skin color) with a white European than with another black African. Furthermore, social attitudes as to which skin colors are "white" or "black" can vary from culture to culture. A "black" person in one society may be a "white" person in another.
"Judeo-Christianity" is a 20th-century construct.
Femininity is a construct influenced by a variety of social and cultural factors.
Hierarchy is a social construct.
Continents are a social construct.

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