different between construct vs bodybuilding

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin constructus, from construo (“I heap together, build, make, construct, connect grammatically”), from com- (“together”) + struo (“I heap up, pile”). Doublet of construe.

Pronunciation

Noun

• (UK) enPR: k?n'str?kt, IPA^(key): /?k?n.st??kt/
• (US) enPR: kän'str?kt, IPA^(key): /?k?n.st??kt/

Verb

• (UK, US) enPR: k?n-str?kt', IPA^(key): /k?n?st??kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt

Noun

construct (plural constructs)

1. Something constructed from parts.

2. A concept or model.

3. (genetics) A segment of nucleic acid, created artificially, for transplantation into a target cell or tissue.

Synonyms

• (something constructed from parts): construction
• (concept, model): concept, idea, model, notion, representation

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Translations

Verb

construct (third-person singular simple present constructs, present participle constructing, simple past and past participle constructed)

1. (transitive) To build or form (something) by assembling parts.

2. (transitive) To build (a sentence, an argument, etc.) by arranging words or ideas.
   • 1997, Marita Sturken, Tangled Memories

     The Vietnam War films are forms of memory that function to provide collective rememberings, to construct history, and to subsume within them the experience of the veterans.

3. (transitive, geometry) To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using geometric tools and techniques.

Synonyms

• (build or form by assembling parts'): assemble, build, form, make, produce, put together
• (build (a sentence or argument)): form
• (draw (a geometric figure)):

Antonyms

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

Derived terms

• deconstruct
• overconstruct
• reconstruct
• unconstruct

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Translations

Further reading

• construct in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• construct in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• construct at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Alternative forms

• body-building

Etymology

From body +? building.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b?di?b?ld??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?b??di?b?ld??/

Noun

bodybuilding (uncountable)

1. A sport in which the aesthetics of muscular development is the basis for competition.
   • 1974, Charles Gaines & George Butler, Pumping Iron: The Art and Sport of Bodybuilding, page 7.

     Like those activities, bodybuilding is an obsession, a living (for a few), and a way of life for the people involved in it—a subculture, in a word, with its own values, aesthetics and vocabulary.

2. (dated) Work done to construct or repair the body of an automobile.
   • 2006 — Larry Scott (interview), Iron Man 65(5): 258

     "In my day, if you filled out your shirt, people assumed you played football or wrestled. The term bodybuilding had more to do with cars than lifting weights."

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:bodybuilding.

Related terms

• bodybuilder

Translations

Further reading

• bodybuilding on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• bodybuilding on Wikiversity.Wikiversity

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bodybuilding.

Noun

bodybuilding c (singular definite bodybuildingen, not used in plural form)

1. bodybuilding

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English bodybuilding.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?.di?b?l.d??/
• Hyphenation: bo?dy?buil?ding

Noun

bodybuilding n (uncountable)

1. bodybuilding

Related terms

• bodybuilder
• bodybuildster

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bodybuilding.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?di?bildi?/, [?b?di?bildi?]
• IPA^(key): /?bodi?bildi?/, [?bo?di?bildi?]

Noun

bodybuilding

1. bodybuilding

   Synonyms: bodaus, kehonrakennus

Declension

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English bodybuilding.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?.di.bil.di?/

Noun

bodybuilding m (plural bodybuildings)

1. bodybuilding

   Synonym: culturisme

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bodybuilding.

Noun

bodybuilding ?

1. bodybuilding

Declension

Related terms

• bodybuilder

See also

• kroppsbyggare
• muskelknutte
• styrketräning