different between construction vs built

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French construction, from Latin c?nstructi?, from c?nstruere, present active infinitive of c?nstru?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?st??k??n/
• Rhymes: -?k??n

Noun

construction (countable and uncountable, plural constructions)

1. The process of constructing.

   Construction is underway on the new bridge.

2. Anything that has been constructed.

   The engineer marvelled at his construction.

3. The trade of building structures.

   He had worked in construction all his life.

4. A building, model or some other structure.

   The office was a construction of steel and glass.

5. (art) A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.

   "Construction in string and clockwork" took first prize.

6. The manner in which something is built.

   A thing of simple construction.
7. (grammar) A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.
8. The act or result of construing the meaning of something.

   American conservatives tend to favor strict construction of the Constitution.

9. The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker.
   • 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p. 95:

     He had considered sending Lucille away to stay with relations. But then people might have put the worst construction on it – might believe she had done something she shouldn't have.

10. (geometry) A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.

Synonyms

• building

Antonyms

• destruction

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

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

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin c?nstructi?, c?nstructi?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??s.t?yk.sj??/

Noun

construction f (plural constructions)

1. construction

Derived terms

• matériau de construction

Related terms

• construire

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?b?lt/
• Rhymes: -?lt

Adjective

built (not comparable)

1. (informal) well-built, muscular or toned.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:strapping or Thesaurus:voluptuous

Antonyms

• unbuilt

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Noun

built (plural builts)

1. (obsolete) Shape; build; form of structure.

   the built of a ship

   • 1764, Thomas Reid, Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense:

     The sailor sees the burthen, the built, and the distance of a ship at sea, while she is a great way off.

Related terms

• built in
• built like a brick shithouse
• built like a tank

Verb

built

1. simple past tense of build
2. past participle of build

Anagrams

• bulti

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

built m

1. genitive singular of balt