Construction

Definition

construction /kǝn'strʌkʃn/ n ၁။ [U] တည္ေဆာက္ပံု။ ေဆာက္လုပ္ ေရး။ 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] အေဆာက္အအံု။ a complex construction of wood and glass ❍ The shelter is a brick construction. ၃။ [C] ( fml ) ဆိုလိုခ်က္။ အဓိပၸာယ္။ What construction do you put on this letter? (ie What do you think it means?) See also CONSTRUE ၄။ [C] စကားလံုး၊ ပုဒ္၊ ဝါက် ဖြဲ႕စည္းတည္ ေဆာက္ပံု။ This dictionary gives the meanings of words and also illustrates the constructions they can be used in.

Examples

1. [construction of] : The company will finance the construction of a new community sports centre.
2. [under construction] : The dam is still under construction.
3. He works in construction.
4. A construction company/worker
5. Houses of brick construction
6. The cathedral is a fantastic modern construction.
7. Difficult grammatical constructions
8. Her novel explores the construction of gender roles.
9. [put/place a construction on something] : We both heard what he said
10. but she put quite a different construction on it.