construct
con|struct /kənstr'ʌkt/ (constructs constructing constructed)
1 [VERB] V n, be V-ed from/of/out of n, V-ed
If you construct something such as a building, road, or machine, you build it or make it.
The French constructed a series of fortresses from Dunkirk on the Channel coast to Douai...
The boxes should be constructed from rough-sawn timber...
They thought he had escaped through a specially constructed tunnel.
= build
2 [VERB] V n, be V-ed from/out of n, V-ed
If you construct something such as an idea, a piece of writing, or a system, you create it by putting different parts together.
He eventually constructed a business empire which ran to Thailand and Singapore...
The novel is constructed from a series of on-the-spot reports.
...using carefully constructed tests.
= create
1 [VERB] V n, be V-ed from/of/out of n, V-ed
If you construct something such as a building, road, or machine, you build it or make it.
The French constructed a series of fortresses from Dunkirk on the Channel coast to Douai...
The boxes should be constructed from rough-sawn timber...
They thought he had escaped through a specially constructed tunnel.
= build
2 [VERB] V n, be V-ed from/out of n, V-ed
If you construct something such as an idea, a piece of writing, or a system, you create it by putting different parts together.
He eventually constructed a business empire which ran to Thailand and Singapore...
The novel is constructed from a series of on-the-spot reports.
...using carefully constructed tests.
= create