construction
noun
[ kənˈstrʌkʃ(ə)n ]
• the action of building something, typically a large structure.
• "there was a skyscraper under construction"
Similar:
building,
erection,
putting up,
setting up,
raising,
establishment,
assembly,
manufacture,
fabrication,
forming,
fashioning,
contriving,
creation,
making,
• the creation of an abstract entity.
• "language plays a large part in our construction of reality"
Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin constructio(n- ), from construere ‘heap together’ (see construct).
