{
    "term": "construct",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "construct",
            "heSheIt": "constructs"
        },
        "pastSimple": "constructed",
        "pastParticiple": "constructed",
        "ingForm": "constructing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to build or make something such as a road, building or machine",
            "sensetop": "construct somethingconstruct something out of somethingconstruct something from somethingconstruct something of something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The **building was constructed** in 1993.",
                    "contextForm": "construct something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They constructed a shelter out of fallen branches.",
                    "contextForm": "construct something out of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The frame is constructed from lightweight aluminium.",
                    "contextForm": "construct something from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "On the smaller islands, houses are often constructed of local materials.",
                    "contextForm": "construct something of something"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Buildings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to form something by putting different things together",
            "sensetop": "construct something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You must learn how to construct a logical argument."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to construct a theory"
                },
                {
                    "text": "For these experiments it is necessary to construct a model using data from other sources."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **well-constructed** novel"
                },
                {
                    "text": "his **carefully constructed** public image"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **socially constructed** nature of gender roles"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "put together"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to draw a line or shape according to the rules of mathematics",
            "sensetop": "construct something",
            "labels": "(geometry)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to construct a triangle"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈstrʌkt/",
                "audio": "xc/construct/xconstruct__gb_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈstrʌkts/",
                "audio": "xc/construct/xconstructs__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈstrʌktɪd/",
                "audio": "xc/construct/xconstructed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈstrʌktɪŋ/",
                "audio": "xc/construct/xconstructing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈstrʌkt/",
                "audio": "xc/construct/xconstruct__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈstrʌkts/",
                "audio": "xc/construct/xconstructs__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈstrʌktɪd/",
                "audio": "xc/construct/xconstructed__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈstrʌktɪŋ/",
                "audio": "xc/construct/xconstructing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin construct- ‘heaped together, built’, from the verb construere, from con- ‘together’ + struere ‘pile, build’."
}