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    Borrowed from Latin cōnstrūctus , from cōnstruō ("to heap together"), from com- ("together") + struō ("to heap up, pile"). Doublet of construe .

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    construct (plural constructs )

    1. Something constructed from parts.
      The artwork was a construct of wire and tubes.
      Loops and conditional statements are constructs in computer programming.
    2. A concept or model.
      Bohr's theoretical construct of the atom was soon superseded by quantum mechanics.
    3. (genetics ) A segment of nucleic acid, created artificially, for transplantation into a target cell or tissue.

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    something constructed from parts
    concept or model
    segment of DNA created artificially

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    construct (third-person singular simple present constructs , present participle constructing , simple past and past participle constructed )

    1. (transitive ) To build or form (something) by assembling parts.
      We constructed the radio from spares.
      A wall constructed of random stones.
      • 1958 September, J. M. Dunn, "The Afonwen Line—1", in Railway Magazine, page 594:
        The Carnarvonshire Railway was incorporated by an Act of July 29, 1862, with powers to construct a standard-gauge line from the Bangor & Carnarvon at Caernarvon [1958 spelling] to Portmadoc, a distance of 273⁄4 miles, but only the centre portion, from Penygroes to Afonwen, 113⁄4 miles, was built.
    2. (transitive , grammar ) To build (a sentence, an argument, etc.) by arranging words or ideas.
      A sentence may be constructed with a subject, verb and object.
      • 1997, Marita Sturken, Tangled Memories:
        The Vietnam War films are forms of memory that function to provide collective rememberings, to construct history, and to subsume within them the experience of the veterans.
    3. (transitive , geometry ) To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using geometric tools and techniques.
      Construct a circle that touches each vertex of the given triangle.
      • 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:
        The arc of a circle may be very little, but, given that, it is possible to construct the entire figure.

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    build or form by assembling parts
    build (a sentence or argument)
    draw (a geometric figure)

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English construct .

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    construct n (plural constructe )

    1. construct

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