The construction of a highway will contribute to the growth of the suburbs.
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Construction
/kənˈstɹʌkʃən/
Synonyms for "construction" (229 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (46)
Noun(16 words)
acronymacrosticadjectival phraseanatomyarchitectonicsarchitecturearrangementassemblageassemblyavyayibhavaback formationbuildbuildingbuildupcastingclauseclipped wordcombinationcompositioncompound
Adjective(1 words)
cultural fabrication
Strong matches (69)
Adjective(1 words)
distinct parts mix
Noun(19 words)
ductingedificeengineeringerectingerectionerectionsexpressionfabricatingfabricationsfashionsformaciónformation processesframing workfuture progressivegenerationgrammar formgrammatical constructionhousecraftinstantiation
Related words (114)
makeupmakingmanner of speakingmanufacturemanufacturingmeaningmillingminingmixturemoldmoldingmouldmouldermouldynoun phraseorganic structureorganismorganizationpackaged houseparagraph
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paronympatternpatterningpeculiar expressionperiodphrasal idiomphrasephysiquepiecing togetherpileplanprefabprefabricationpreparationprocessingproducingproductionputting togetherpyramidraisingreadingrefiningrenditionsentenceset phrasesetupshapeshapingsignificationskyscrapersmeltingspoonerismstandard phrasestructurestructuringsuperstructuresyneresissyntactic structuresynthesistatpurushatectonicstermtexturetissuetowerturnturn of expressionturn of phraseusageutteranceverb complexverb phraseverbalismversionwarp and woofway of seeingway of speakingweavewebword formword-groupworkmanship
Noun(28 words)
makingsmanifoldingmasonrymaterialingmental synthesismost structuralparts assemblyphrase structurephrasingspiece togetherpiecingpopular makeportrayalprepositional phrase patternput togethershuttlecockingspanish componerstrekeliastructurationstructure a paragraph
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Adjective(2 words)
manmade structurestructural quality
Adverb(1 words)
most solid structure
Verb(1 words)
shape the clay
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
23 entriesactivityartefactartifactbusinessbusiness enterprisecerebrationcommercial enterpriseconstituentcreating from raw materialsgrammar conceptgrammatical constituentintellectioninterpretationlinguistic constructmathematical operationmathematical process
Showing 16 of 23 words.
More specific
9 entriesCollocations
6 entriesbridge constructionconstruction materialsconstruction projectconstruction sitehouse constructionsentence construction
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
6 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesTranslations
42 translations across 27 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- بِنَاء noun (structure)
- مَبْنَى noun (structure)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- bina noun (structure)
- tikili noun (structure)
- tikinti noun (structure)
Bashkir
1 entries- ҡоролма noun (structure)
Bulgarian
2 entries- постро́йка noun (structure)
- сгра́да noun (structure)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 建築 /建筑 noun (structure)
Czech
1 entries- konstrukce noun (structure)
Esperanto
1 entries- konstruaĵo noun (structure)
Finnish
2 entries- rakenne noun (structure)
- rakennelma noun (structure)
Georgian
1 entries- შენობა noun (structure)
German
1 entries- Bauwerk noun (structure)
Hebrew
1 entries- מִבְנֶה noun (structure)
Hindi
1 entries- इमारत noun (structure)
Hungarian
2 entries- konstrukció noun (structure)
- szerkezet noun (structure)
Irish
1 entries- déantús noun (structure)
Japanese
3 entries- ビル noun (structure)
- 建物 noun (structure)
- 建設物 noun (structure)
Latgalian
2 entries- budaveiba noun (structure)
- stateiba noun (structure)
Latvian
1 entries- būve noun (structure)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- یاپی noun (structure)
Polish
1 entries- budowla noun (structure)
Portuguese
1 entries- construção noun (structure)
Romanian
1 entries- structură noun (structure)
Russian
4 entries- констру́кция noun (structure)
- постро́йка noun (structure)
- построе́ние noun (structure)
- строе́ние noun (structure)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- togail noun (structure)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- konstrùkcija noun (structure)
- констру̀кција noun (structure)
Turkish
2 entries- konstrüksiyon noun (structure)
- yapı noun (structure)
Urdu
1 entries- عِمارَت noun (structure)
Welsh
2 entries- adeilad noun (structure)
- adeiladaeth noun (structure)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
Our new school building is under construction.
Source: tatoeba (23382)
The rightmost lane is now under construction.
Source: tatoeba (27280)
Mark was a work horse on his construction crew.
Source: tatoeba (33000)
Showing 4 of 19 available sentences.