construction
/kənˈstrʌkʃ(ə)n/
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final -tion sounds like shun
kən - ˈstrʌkʃən -> construction
(n) တည်ဆောက်ပုံ။ ဆောက်လုပ် ရေး။ အဆောက်အအုံ။ ဆိုလိုချက်။ အဓိပ္ပါယ်။ စကားလုံး၊ ပုဒ်၊ ဝါကျ ဖွဲ့စည်းတည် ဆောက်ပုံ။
construction /kǝn'strʌkʃn/ n
၁။ [U] တည်ဆောက်ပုံ။ ဆောက်လုပ် ရေး။
the construction of new roads ❍ The new road is still under construction (ie being built). ❍ The wall is of very solid construction. ❍ the construction industry (ie the building of roads, bridges, buildings, etc).
၂။ [C] အဆောက်အအုံ။ a complex construction of wood and glass ❍ The shelter is a brick construction.
၃။ [C] (fml ) ဆိုလိုချက်။ အဓိပ္ပာယ်။ What construction do you put on this letter? (ie What do you think it means?) See also CONSTRUE
၄။ [C] စကားလုံး၊ ပုဒ်၊ ဝါကျ ဖွဲ့စည်းတည် ဆောက်ပုံ။ This dictionary gives the meanings of words and also illustrates the constructions they can be used in.
- [construction of] : The company will finance the construction of a new community sports centre.
- [under construction] : The dam is still under construction.
- He works in construction.
- A construction company/worker
- Houses of brick construction
- The cathedral is a fantastic modern construction.
- Difficult grammatical constructions
- Her novel explores the construction of gender roles.
- [put/place a construction on something] : We both heard what he said, but she put quite a different construction on it.
Try to say the meaning first, then reveal the answer.