construct

[kuhn-struhkt, kon-struhkt] / kənˈstrʌkt, ˈkɒn strʌkt /

VERB

assemble, build

Synonyms

STRONGEST

build up compose create design erect establish fashion forge form formulate found manufacture organize produce put up set up shape

STRONG

compound constitute elevate engineer envision fabricate frame imagine invent make prefab raise rear

WEAK

cobble up cook up dream up fudge together hammer out hoke up put out put together throw together throw up trump up uprear whip up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

destroy disarrange disorder disorganize end neglect ruin

STRONG

abandon decrease demolish demote deny depress drop lessen lower raze refuse stop tell the truth

WEAK

annihilate break dismantle

Example Sentences

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“A moral panic is created when statistics and other things are used to kind of create or socially construct a problem that is bigger than it is.”

From Los Angeles Times

Data centers are ballooning in size, and a single project can take years to construct and require thousands of workers.

From The Wall Street Journal

The company has recently built four factories and is rushing to construct more than a dozen more to churn out everything from ammunition to drones and armored vehicles.

From The Wall Street Journal

They’re constructing an alternate visual record designed to shape and control collective perception.

From Salon

The construct of volatility derivative was teetering on the brink of severe bearishness a week ago.

From MarketWatch

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