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{
"term": "construction",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the process or method of building or making something, especially roads, buildings, bridges, etc.",
"sensetop": "under constructionduring construction",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Construction began this year and will take approximately 18 months."
},
{
"text": "the costs of **road construction** and maintenance"
},
{
"text": "Work has begun on the construction of the new airport."
},
{
"text": "the construction of a new database"
},
{
"text": "Our new offices are still under construction *(= being built)*.",
"contextForm": "under construction"
},
{
"text": "Ethernet cabling was installed during construction.",
"contextForm": "during construction"
},
{
"text": "the **construction industry**"
},
{
"text": "**construction work/workers**"
},
{
"text": "a **construction company/firm**"
},
{
"text": "**construction projects/costs/materials**"
},
{
"text": "Construction of the new road has now been completed."
},
{
"text": "Major engineering challenges will be faced during construction."
},
{
"text": "The drainage system needs careful construction."
},
{
"text": "the heavy construction industry"
}
],
"topics": ["Buildings"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["large", "massive", "basic"],
"verb + construction": ["begin", "start", "complete"],
"construction + verb": ["be underway"],
"construction + noun": ["industry", "market", "sector"],
"preposition": ["during (the) construction", "under construction"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the people and activities involved in making buildings",
"examples": [
{
"text": "50 000 more jobs will go from construction in the next five years."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the way that something has been built or made",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The bridges are similar in construction."
},
{
"text": "ships of steel construction"
},
{
"text": "It has a basic construction of brick under a tiled roof."
},
{
"text": "The earliest Greek temples were small buildings, simple in construction."
},
{
"text": "walls of solid construction"
},
{
"text": "a schoolhouse of brick construction"
}
],
"topics": ["Buildings"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a thing that has been built or made",
"labels": "(formal)",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The summer house was a simple wooden construction."
},
{
"text": "a massive steel construction"
},
{
"text": "a two-storey brick construction"
},
{
"text": "massive constructions of bamboo and paper"
}
],
"topics": ["Buildings"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "the way in which words are used together and arranged to form a sentence, phrase, etc.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "grammatical constructions"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "the creating of something from ideas, opinions and knowledge",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the construction of a new theory"
},
{
"text": "changes in the social construction of marriage"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "the way in which words, actions, statements, etc. are understood by somebody",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "What construction do you put on this letter *(= what do you think it means)*?"
},
{
"text": "ruling on the proper construction to be given to section 78 of the Act"
},
{
"text": "a strict construction of the clause"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kənˈstrʌkʃn/",
"audio": "xc/construction/xconstruction__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kənˈstrʌkʃn/",
"audio": "xc/construction/xconstruction__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via Old French from Latin constructio(n-), from construere ‘heap together’, from con- ‘together’ + struere ‘pile, build’."
}