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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
                        Synonyms
                        Examples for "retrace"
                        Examples for "retrace"
                        1
                        I had come too far and through terrain too difficult to retrace.
                        Rock and Ice Magazine
                        2
                        The police have managed to retrace her steps as far as Dalkey.
                        Alexandra, gone
                        3
                        Now would be the time to turn south and retrace his steps.
                        The Golem and the Jinni
                        4
                        I was going to have to retrace my steps the hard way.
                        Altered carbon
                        5
                        At that, a number of riders swung round to retrace their route.
                        Forge of Darkness
                        1
                        The virtual reality project used hundreds of photos to reconstruct 3D models.
                        BBC
                        2
                        To reconstruct the visual system, three different seed areas were chosen separately.
                        Pubmed
                        3
                        Beyond that it is difficult to reconstruct Jack's movements for several years.
                        The system of the world
                        4
                        Only then could the police hope to reconstruct what had befallen her.
                        Grave Secrets
                        5
                        This is what happened as I well as I can reconstruct it:
                        The Left Hand of Darkness
                        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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