construct: meaning and definitions

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What is construct?

What is construct?

  • To form by assembling or combining parts; build.
  • To create (an argument or a sentence, for example) by systematically arranging ideas or terms.
  • Mathematics To draw (a geometric figure) that meets specific requirements.
  • Something formed or constructed from parts.
  • A concept, model, or schematic idea: a theoretical construct of the atom.
  • A concrete image or idea: "[He] began to shift focus from the haunted constructs of terror in his early work” ( Stephen Koch).

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