Antonyms for construct
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : verb kuhn-struhkt; noun kon-struhkt |
Phonetic Transcription : verb kənˈstrʌkt; noun ˈkɒn strʌkt |
Definition of construct
Origin :- early 15c., from Latin constructus, past participle of construere "to heap up" (see construction). Related: Constructed; constructing.
- verb assemble, build
- There was no time to construct an armoured fleet; but they did not think they needed one.
- Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
- The second of the West India islands to construct a railroad was Jamaica.
- Extract from : « The Railroad Question » by William Larrabee
- But what does this attempt to construct a universal history of the globe imply?
- Extract from : « The Past Condition of Organic Nature » by Thomas H. Huxley
- Fig. 89 shows the various pieces necessary to construct the hull.
- Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates
- This is very simple to construct and makes a pleasing craft when finished.
- Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates
- The actual expense necessary to construct the boat is very small.
- Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates
- The blocks necessary to construct this boat are shown in Fig. 24.
- Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates
- Yet he took an order from the Government for a thousand and proceeded to construct a model.
- Extract from : « The Age of Invention » by Holland Thompson
- Necessarily, our first proceeding was to construct a habitation.
- Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
- It was an enormous labor to construct this fortification in the dead of winter.
- Extract from : « King Philip » by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
Synonyms for construct
- build up
- cobble up
- compose
- compound
- constitute
- cook up
- create
- design
- dream up
- elevate
- engineer
- envision
- erect
- establish
- fabricate
- fashion
- forge
- form
- formulate
- found
- frame
- fudge together
- hammer out
- hoke up
- imagine
- invent
- make
- manufacture
- organize
- prefab
- produce
- put out
- put together
- put up
- raise
- rear
- set up
- shape
- throw together
- throw up
- trump up
- uprear
- whip up
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