Constructing

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An act of construction.

    "Only the construction of wood and canvas castles, temples, and the like would require some time: and not as much as might be thought, given both London's fixed structures - such as conduits, and the Cross in Cheapside - upon which and around which structures could be erected, and London's practice in the frequent necessary constructings of such pageants."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of construct form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

More examples

"These workmen are constructing a road."

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