construct
Assemble from parts
To construct is to build or put together from parts: construct a building, construct an argument.
The noun construct (stress on first syllable) refers to something built, especially an abstract idea or theoretical framework: Gender is a social construct.
In grammar, a construct is a phrase or clause arrangement.
The word emphasizes deliberate assembly rather than organic development.
Discovered or established
devise · formulate · organize · institute · set up · assemble · erect · fashion
Large impressive building
- skyscraperVery tall urban building
- erectionAct of building upward
- frameworkUnderlying support system
- foundationUnderlying support structure
scaffolding · girder · beam · column · arch · dome · truss · buttress
Abstract mental construct
- ideaMental formation
- theoryExplanatory set of principles
- notionImprecise mental impression
- abstractionDistilling to essential qualities
hypothesis · paradigm · model · schema · framework · formulation · proposition · premise
Arranged elements forming whole
- artworkVisual creative production
- creationMaking something exist
- narrativeAccount of events
- sculptureShaped three-dimensional art
assemblage · collage · invention · piece · work · design · prototype · model
found
Discovered or established
develop · devise · formulate · organize · institute · set up · assemble · erect · fashion · forge
edifice
Large impressive building
- skyscraperVery tall urban building
- erectionAct of building upward
- frameworkUnderlying support system
foundation · scaffolding · girder · beam · column · arch · dome · truss · buttress · facade
concept
Abstract mental construct
abstraction · hypothesis · paradigm · model · schema · framework · formulation · proposition · premise · argument
composition
Arranged elements forming whole
sculpture · assemblage · collage · invention · piece · work · design · prototype · model · draft
scaffold
Temporary elevated work structure
- skeletonInternal supportive framework
- armatureRotating electromagnetic coil
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
underpinning · lattice · grid · support · brace · strut · cage · mesh · network · matrix
phrase
Words forming partial meaning
syntax · grammar · expression · utterance · wording · formulation · phrasing · parsing · morpheme · compound
- building verbsbuild, erect, demolish, renovate, excavate
- creature typesmammal, bird, reptile, fish, insect
- design verbscreate, design, draw, sketch, illustrate
- homographsalternate, bass, bow, close, compound
- process verbscreate, produce, make, build, manufacture
- establishestablish, found, institute, create, set up
constructdestroy
Cause complete ruin
demolish · raze · annihilate · ruin · wreck
constructdismantle
Separate into parts
disassemble · take apart · demount · disjoin · break down
- under constructionCurrently being made
- construction paperSturdy colored sheets for projects
- construction siteWhere edifices get erected
- construction workerOne who erects structures
- construction permitApproval to erect structures
- construction zoneArea under active building
construction, reconstruct, constructed, constructive, reconstruction, constructing, reconstructed, constructs, constructor