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construction — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • artifact noun An object made or shaped by a person, especially a tool, ornament or vessel from the past that is studied for what it reveals about a culture.
  • building noun A structure with walls and a roof, such as a house, office, or factory.
  • construct verb To build something by putting parts together.
  • construction noun The process or business of building something, especially buildings and infrastructure.

Senses

construction is used for these senses in English:

  • building (uncountable) The act or process by which something is built; construction.
  • construction The process of constructing.

artifact — full definition

  1. noun An object made or shaped by a person, especially a tool, ornament or vessel from the past that is studied for what it reveals about a culture.
  2. noun A distortion or false feature that appears in an image, recording or set of results because of the equipment or method used rather than because it exists in the thing being measured.
  3. noun A file or package produced as an output of a software build or process and stored for later use.

building — full definition

  1. noun A structure with walls and a roof, such as a house, office, or factory.
  2. noun The activity or process of constructing something.

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