construct

Meanings

Noun

• Something constructed from parts.
• A concept or model.
• A segment of nucleic acid, created artificially, for transplantation into a target cell or tissue.

Verb

• To build or form (something) by assembling parts.
• To build (a sentence, an argument, etc.) by arranging words or ideas.
• To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using geometric tools and techniques.

Related

Similar words

• (something constructed from parts): construction
• (concept, model): concept, idea, model, notion, representation
• (build or form by assembling parts'): assemble, build, form, make, produce, put together
• (build (a sentence or argument)): form
• (draw (a geometric figure)):

Opposite words

• (build or form by assembling parts): destroy, disassemble, dismantle, ruin, wreck, take apart

Origin

• Borrowed from Latin constructus, from construo, from com- + struo. construe.