Construction1. (n.) The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.
2. (n.) The form or manner of building or putting together the parts of anything; structure; arrangement.
3. (n.) The arrangement and connection of words in a sentence; syntactical arrangement.
4. (n.) The method of construing, interpreting, or explaining a declaration or fact; an attributed sense or meaning; understanding; explanation; interpretation; sense.
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