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Meanings of construct in English

Portuguese
concepção
Catalan
concepte
Spanish
concepción

An abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances.

concepção
Portuguese
construir
Catalan
construir
Spanish
construir

To create something by combining or assembling materials or parts or by changing it.

construir
Portuguese
fabricar
Catalan
fabricar
Spanish
fabricar

To make things, usually on a large scale, with tools and either physical labor or machinery, out of artificial or natural components or parts.

fabricar
Catalan
reconstruir
Spanish
reconstruir

Reassemble mentally.

reconstruir
Usage of construct in English
1
Six of the 7 hypotheses used to test construct validity held true.
Pubmed
2
Such a construct lets banks transfer problem assets off their balance sheets.
Reuters
3
He finds laughable the idea that political freedom is a Western construct.
Reuters
4
Now that is not the way we construct our moral positions today.
The new yorker
5
Workers construct a new seawall at the eastern end of South Tarawa.
Radio NZ
6
Results: Five lncRNAs were identified and used to construct the prognostic signature.
Pubmed
7
Yet still we construct a grotesque edifice that denies such common sense.
The Guardian
8
Animal studies also use multiple tasks to assess the construct of impulsivity.
Pubmed
9
I construct exercises to build confidence: Imagine you're looking into the lens.
Feminist dot com
10
From the same factual forensic evidence, different characters construct wildly different accounts.
The Guardian
11
The body and bones we could easily construct; and the tail too.
The Cliff Climbers / A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters"
12
Brookfield has both bought buildings and announced plans to construct new ones.
Reuters
13
Methods: Six fresh-frozen calf spines were prepared and tested for each construct.
Pubmed
14
She had a week left in which to construct her watertight story.
The chamber of ten
15
Sure, with enough time and money, engineers could probably construct tantalum-free phones.
Wired
16
Findings support the idea that IU is a critical construct underlying GAD.
Pubmed
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Construct through the time
Construct across language varieties
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Common
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Common
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