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noun roads/buildings ADJ. gigantic, huge, large, massive massive constructions of bamboo and paper | basic, simple It has a basic construction of brick under a tiled roof. | complex | heavy the heavy construction industry | solid walls of solid construction | careful The drainage system needs careful construction. | brick, fibreglass, steel, timber, timber-frame, wooden a two-storey brick construction a schoolhouse of brick construction | bridge, building, canal, house/housing, railway, road Road and bridge construction is underway. VERB + CONSTRUCTION begin, start | complete Construction of the new road has now been completed. CONSTRUCTION + VERB be underway CONSTRUCTION + NOUN industry, sector | company, firm, group | project, programme | contract | job | work | worker | site, yard | costs | materials | method, process, technique PREP. during (the) ~ Major engineering challenges will be faced during construction. | under ~ A new factory is under construction. grammar ADJ. grammatical, linguistic, sentence, syntactic | active, passive | adjectival, infinitive, predicative interpretation ADJ. literal | logical, sensible | proper, true ruling on the proper construction to be given to section 78 of the Act | strict a strict construction of the clause | ideological, social, theoretical changes in the social construction of marriage (= the meaning of marriage in society) VERB + CONSTRUCTION give sth, put on sth What construction do you put on this letter (= what do you think it means)?
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construction
construction + NOUN
the construction industry
• The construction industry had a hard time during the recession.
a construction company/firm
• It’s the largest construction company in Mexico.
a construction worker
• Thousands of construction workers are out of work.
construction work
• Construction work on the new road is expected to take two years.
a construction site
(= an area where something is being built )
• Safety is very important on a construction site.
a construction project/programme
• There are always a lot of large construction projects in Dubai.
construction materials
• expensive construction materials like cement and steel
construction costs
• The total construction costs will reach £125 million.
verbs
be under construction
(= be being built )
• A new road is currently under construction.
begin/start construction
• Developers are planning to begin construction on a new housing project.
complete construction
• We expect to complete construction in January.
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