construct

[kuhn-struhkt, kon-struhkt] / kənˈstrʌkt, ˈkɒn strʌkt /

VERB

assemble, build

Synonyms

STRONGEST

build up compose create design erect establish fashion forge form formulate found manufacture organize produce put up set up shape

STRONG

compound constitute elevate engineer envision fabricate frame imagine invent make prefab raise rear

WEAK

cobble up cook up dream up fudge together hammer out hoke up put out put together throw together throw up trump up uprear whip up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

destroy disarrange disorder disorganize end neglect ruin

STRONG

abandon decrease demolish demote deny depress drop lessen lower raze refuse stop tell the truth

WEAK

annihilate break dismantle

Example Sentences

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He also proposes constructing systems of rewards and penalties to drive motivation.

From The Wall Street Journal

"I know how to construct a narrative for the page but I didn't really know how to construct one for cinema."

From BBC

"You saw this big hole being dug, the big tunnels going out under the sea, you saw these big steel spheres being constructed by the welders at the time," he said.

From BBC

At the end of November we looked at performance figures for nine different Invesco index exchange-traded funds that take different approaches to constructing portfolios based on the S&P 500.

From MarketWatch

The crew needed a watertight soundstage for that scene, so they savvily constructed the set in the school’s empty pool, where overflowing water would not be an issue.

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