different between construct vs building

construct

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

Related terms

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

Related terms

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

construct From the web:

  • what construction is going on near me
  • what construction type is a metal building
  • what construction trade pays the most
  • what construction workers do
  • what construction jobs pay the most
  • what constructs proteins
  • what construction type is my house
  • what constructs social class


building

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?b?l.d??/
  • Rhymes: -?ld??
  • Hyphenation: build?ing

Etymology 1

From Middle English bildyng, buildyng, buyldyng, byldyng, bulding, beldyng, equivalent to build +? -ing.

Noun

building (countable and uncountable, plural buildings)

  1. (uncountable) The act or process by which something is built; construction.
    Synonym: construction
  2. (countable) A closed structure with walls and a roof.
    Synonyms: edifice; see also Thesaurus:building
Derived terms
Translations

Further reading

  • building on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

See build

Verb

building

  1. present participle of build

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English building.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bil.di?/

Noun

building m (plural buildings)

  1. tower, skyscraper (tall building)
    Synonyms: gratte-ciel, tour

building From the web:

  • what building has the most stories
  • what building does congress meet in
  • what building is pictured below
  • what buildings are housed in the current capital
  • what building is the legislative branch in
  • what building is the judicial branch in
  • what building is seen above
  • what building is on the penny
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share

you may also like