construction

construction
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. building, fabrication, composition; formation, structure, erection; conformation; creation; explanation, interpretation. See form, production.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [The act of constructing]
Syn. building, assembly, creation, composition, origination, planning, invention, formation, conception, improvisation, making, erection, fabrication, manufacture, foundation, roadwork, elevation, erecting, rearing, raising, putting up, installation; see also architecture , production 1 .
2. [A method of constructing]
Syn. structure, arrangement, organization, disposition, system, systematization, plan, development, contour, format, mold, cast, outline, type, shape, build, cut, fabric, formation, turn, framework, figuration, conformation, configuration, frame, steel and concrete, fitted stone, brick and mortar, prefabrication, prefab*; see also form 1 , frame 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
1. construction building, erection, assembling, fabrication, raising, framing, putting up, fashioning, manufacturing, formation.
2. building structure, framework, assembly.
3. explanation interpretation, rendition, translation, reading.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun Something that serves to explain or clarify: clarification, decipherment, elucidation, exegesis, explanation, explication, exposition, illumination, illustration, interpretation. Archaic: enucleation. See EXPLAIN.

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