Engelsk ordbog



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Engelsk navneord: construction

1. construction (om handling) the act of constructing something


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningDuring the construction we had to take a detour.
His hobby was the building of boats.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)building


Mindre specifikke termercreating from raw materials


Mere specifikke termerassembly, crenelation, crenellation, dry walling, erecting, erection, fabrication, grading, house-raising, leveling, road construction, rustication, ship building, shipbuilding


Indenfor samme emneområdeerect, frame, frame up, groin, preassemble, prefabricate, put up, raise, rear, rebuild, reconstruct, reface, set up, wattle

2. construction (om kommunikation) a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningI concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)expression, grammatical construction


Mindre specifikke termerconstituent, grammatical constituent


Mere specifikke termeradjunct, clause, complement, involution, phrase, predicator


Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer)misconstruction

3. construction (om erkendelse) the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)mental synthesis


Mindre specifikke termercerebration, intellection, mentation, thinking, thought, thought process


Mere specifikke termercrystallization, gestation

4. construction (om genstand) a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningThe structure consisted of a series of arches.
She wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)structure


Mindre specifikke termerartefact, artifact


Mere specifikke termerairdock, altar, arcade, arch, area, arena, balance, balcony, balcony, bascule, boarding, body, bowl, bridge, building, building complex, card-house, cardcastle, cardhouse, catchment, coil, colonnade, colonnade, column, complex, corner, counterbalance, cross, deathtrap, defence, defense, defensive structure, divider, door, edifice, entablature, equilibrium, equipoise, erection, establishment, false bottom, floor, fountain, guide, hangar, helix, hill, honeycomb, house of cards, housing, hull, impediment, impedimenta, jungle gym, lamination, landing, landing place, level, living accommodations, lodging, lookout, lookout station, masonry, memorial, monument, mound, observation tower, observatory, obstructer, obstruction, obstructor, offset, partition, pillar, platform, porch, post and lintel, prefab, projection, public works, quoin, repair shed, sail, set-back, setoff, shelter, shipway, shoebox, sign, signboard, slipway, span, spiral, sports stadium, stadium, storey, story, superstructure, supporting structure, tower, transept, trestlework, vaulting, volute, ways, weapons platform, wellhead, whorl, wind tunnel


Omfatter disse specifikke termerbase, foot, foundation, fundament, groundwork, plate, structural member, substructure, understructure

5. construction (om handling) drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningThe assignment was to make a construction that could be used in proving the Pythagorean theorem.


Mindre specifikke termermathematical operation, mathematical process, operation


Mere specifikke termerquadrature

6. construction (om kommunikation) an interpretation of a text or action


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningThey put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)twist


Mindre specifikke termerinterpretation

7. construction (om handling) the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningTheir main business is home construction.
Workers in the building trades.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)building


Mindre specifikke termerbusiness, business enterprise, commercial enterprise


Mere specifikke termerjerry-building


Omfatter disse specifikke termerhouse painting, masonry, painting, plumbery, plumbing, roofing, sheet-metal work, shingling









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