construct

noun

1. 1

   Something constructed from parts.

   The artwork was a construct of wire and tubes.

   Loops and conditional statements are constructs in computer programming.

2. 2

   A concept or model.

   Bohr's theoretical construct of the atom was soon superseded by quantum mechanics.

3. 3

   A segment of nucleic acid, created artificially, for transplantation into a target cell or tissue.

verb

1. 1

   To build or form (something) by assembling parts.

   We constructed the radio from spares.

   A wall constructed of random stones.

   The Carnarvonshire Railway was incorporated by an Act of July 29, 1862, with powers to construct a standard-gauge line from the Bangor & Carnarvon at Caernarvon [1958 spelling] to Portmadoc, a distance of 27¾ miles, but only the centre portion, from Penygroes to Afonwen, 11¾ miles, was built.

2. 2

   To build (a sentence, an argument, etc.) by arranging words or ideas.

   A sentence may be constructed with a subject, verb and object.

   The Vietnam War films are forms of memory that function to provide collective rememberings, to construct history, and to subsume within them the experience of the veterans.

3. 3

   To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using geometric tools and techniques.

   Construct a circle that touches each vertex of the given triangle.

   The arc of a circle may be very little, but, given that, it is possible to construct the entire figure.

Forms

plural

constructs

past tense

constructed

past participle

constructed

present participle

constructing

third person singular

constructs