| construction | | |
| n. (act) | 1. building, construction | the act of constructing something.; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats" |
| ~ creating from raw materials | the act of creating something that is different from the materials that went into it. |
| ~ crenelation, crenellation | the action of constructing ramparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows. |
| ~ erecting, erection | the act of building or putting up. |
| ~ house-raising | construction by a group of neighbors. |
| ~ assembly, fabrication | the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery). |
| ~ dry walling | the activity of building stone walls without mortar. |
| ~ leveling, grading | changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface. |
| ~ road construction | the construction of roads. |
| ~ ship building, shipbuilding | the construction of ships. |
| ~ rustication | the construction of masonry or brickwork in a rustic manner. |
| ~ reface | provide with a new facing.; "The building was refaced with beautiful stones" |
| ~ wattle | build of or with wattle. |
| ~ frame up, frame | construct by fitting or uniting parts together. |
| ~ rebuild, reconstruct | build again.; "The house was rebuild after it was hit by a bomb" |
| ~ groin | build with groins.; "The ceiling was groined" |
| ~ erect, put up, set up, rear, raise | construct, build, or erect.; "Raise a barn" |
| ~ preassemble, prefabricate | to manufacture sections of (a building), especially in a factory, so that they can be easily transported to and rapidly assembled on a building site of buildings. |
| n. (communication) | 2. construction, expression, grammatical construction | a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit.; "I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner" |
| ~ adjunct | a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence. |
| ~ grammatical constituent, constituent | (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction. |
| ~ clause | (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence. |
| ~ complement | a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction. |
| ~ involution | a long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction. |
| ~ phrase | an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence. |
| ~ predicator | an expression that predicates. |
| n. (cognition) | 3. construction, mental synthesis | the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought. |
| ~ cerebration, intellection, mentation, thinking, thought process, thought | the process of using your mind to consider something carefully.; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought" |
| ~ crystallization | a mental synthesis that becomes fixed or concrete by a process resembling crystal formation. |
| ~ gestation | the conception and development of an idea or plan. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. construction, structure | a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts.; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" |
| ~ artefact, artifact | a man-made object taken as a whole. |
| ~ airdock, hangar, repair shed | a large structure at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained. |
| ~ altar | a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made. |
| ~ arcade, colonnade | a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns. |
| ~ arch | (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it. |
| ~ area | a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function.; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants" |
| ~ balcony | a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet. |
| ~ balcony | an upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium. |
| ~ bascule | a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw). |
| ~ boarding | a structure of boards. |
| ~ body | the external structure of a vehicle.; "the body of the car was badly rusted" |
| ~ bridge, span | a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.. |
| ~ building, edifice | a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place.; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" |
| ~ building complex, complex | a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures. |
| ~ catchment | a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area). |
| ~ coil, helix, volute, whorl, spiral | a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops.; "a coil of rope" |
| ~ colonnade | structure consisting of a row of evenly spaced columns. |
| ~ pillar, column | a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument). |
| ~ quoin, corner | (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone. |
| ~ cross | a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece. |
| ~ deathtrap | any structure that is very unsafe; where people are likely to be killed. |
| ~ defensive structure, defence, defense | a structure used to defend against attack.; "the artillery battered down the defenses" |
| ~ door | a structure where people live or work (usually ordered along a street or road).; "the office next door"; "they live two doors up the street from us" |
| ~ entablature | (architecture) the structure consisting of the part of a classical temple above the columns between a capital and the roof. |
| ~ erection | a structure that has been erected. |
| ~ establishment | a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence. |
| ~ false bottom | a horizontal structure that partitions a ship or box (especially one built close to the actual bottom). |
| ~ storey, floor, story, level | a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale.; "what level is the office on?" |
| ~ understructure, base, groundwork, substructure, foundation, fundament, foot | lowest support of a structure.; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower" |
| ~ fountain | a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises. |
| ~ guide | a structure or marking that serves to direct the motion or positioning of something. |
| ~ card-house, cardcastle, cardhouse, house of cards | an unstable construction with playing cards.; "he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed" |
| ~ housing, living accommodations, lodging | structures collectively in which people are housed. |
| ~ hull | the frame or body of ship. |
| ~ jungle gym | a structure of vertical and horizontal rods where children can climb and play. |
| ~ lamination | a layered structure. |
| ~ landing place, landing | structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods. |
| ~ lookout station, observation tower, observatory, lookout | a structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings. |
| ~ masonry | structure built of stone or brick by a mason. |
| ~ monument, memorial | a structure erected to commemorate persons or events. |
| ~ hill, mound | structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones.; "they built small mounds to hide behind" |
| ~ impedimenta, obstruction, impediment, obstructer, obstructor | any structure that makes progress difficult. |
| ~ partition, divider | a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another). |
| ~ plate | structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage. |
| ~ weapons platform, platform | any military structure or vehicle bearing weapons. |
| ~ porch | a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance. |
| ~ post and lintel | a structure consisting of vertical beams (posts) supporting a horizontal beam (lintel). |
| ~ prefab | a prefabricated structure. |
| ~ projection | any structure that branches out from a central support. |
| ~ public works | structures (such as highways or schools or bridges or docks) constructed at government expense for public use. |
| ~ sail | any structure that resembles a sail. |
| ~ set-back, setoff, offset | structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly. |
| ~ shelter | a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger. |
| ~ shoebox | a structure resembling a shoebox (as a rectangular building or a cramped room or compartment). |
| ~ signboard, sign | structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted.; "the highway was lined with signboards" |
| ~ sports stadium, stadium, arena, bowl | a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments. |
| ~ structural member | support that is a constituent part of any structure or building. |
| ~ superstructure | structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main deck. |
| ~ supporting structure | a structure that serves to support something. |
| ~ tower | a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building. |
| ~ transept | structure forming the transverse part of a cruciform church; crosses the nave at right angles. |
| ~ trestlework | a supporting structure composed of a system of connected trestles; for a bridge or pier or scaffold e.g.. |
| ~ vaulting | (architecture) a vaulted structure.; "arches and vaulting" |
| ~ shipway, slipway, ways | structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired. |
| ~ wellhead | a structure built over a well. |
| ~ wind tunnel | a structure resembling a tunnel where air is blown at known velocities for testing parts of aircraft. |
| ~ honeycomb | a structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae. |
| ~ equipoise, counterbalance, equilibrium, balance | equality of distribution. |
| n. (act) | 5. construction | drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem.; "the assignment was to make a construction that could be used in proving the Pythagorean theorem" |
| ~ mathematical operation, mathematical process, operation | (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods.; "the problems at the end of the chapter demonstrated the mathematical processes involved in the derivation"; "they were learning the basic operations of arithmetic" |
| ~ quadrature | the construction of a square having the same area as some other figure. |
| n. (communication) | 6. construction, twist | an interpretation of a text or action.; "they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct" |
| ~ interpretation | an explanation that results from interpreting something.; "the report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence" |
| n. (act) | 7. building, construction | the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones.; "their main business is home construction"; "workers in the building trades" |
| ~ masonry | the craft of a mason. |
| ~ house painting, painting | the occupation of a house painter.; "house painting was the only craft he knew" |
| ~ plumbery, plumbing | the occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building). |
| ~ roofing | the craft of a roofer. |
| ~ sheet-metal work | the craft of doing sheet metal work (as in ventilation systems). |
| ~ shingling | the laying on of shingles.; "shingling is a craft very different from carpentry" |
| ~ business enterprise, business, commercial enterprise | the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects.; "computers are now widely used in business" |
| ~ jerry-building | construction of inferior buildings for a quick profit. |
| establish | | |
| v. (social) | 1. establish, found, launch, set up | set up or found.; "She set up a literacy program" |
| ~ open, open up | start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning.; "open a business" |
| v. (creation) | 2. constitute, establish, found, institute, plant | set up or lay the groundwork for.; "establish a new department" |
| ~ initiate, pioneer | take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of.; "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants" |
| ~ fix | set or place definitely.; "Let's fix the date for the party!" |
| ~ appoint, constitute, name, nominate | create and charge with a task or function.; "nominate a committee" |
| v. (cognition) | 3. demonstrate, establish, prove, shew, show | establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment.; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture" |
| ~ prove oneself | show one's ability or courage. |
| ~ prove | prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof. |
| ~ affirm, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, sustain | establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts.; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant" |
| ~ negate, contradict | prove negative; show to be false. |
| ~ stultify | prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence.; "nobody is legally allowed to stultify himself" |
| v. (cognition) | 4. establish, lay down, make | institute, enact, or establish.; "make laws" |
| ~ set, mark | establish as the highest level or best performance.; "set a record" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| v. (creation) | 5. establish, give | bring about.; "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| ~ introduce | bring in or establish in a new place or environment.; "introduce a rule"; "introduce exotic fruits" |
| ~ generate, yield, render, give, return | give or supply.; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family" |
| ~ pacify | fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location).; "The U.N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia" |
| v. (contact) | 6. establish, instal, install, set up | place.; "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz" |
| v. (creation) | 7. build, establish | build or establish something abstract.; "build a reputation" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| v. (cognition) | 8. base, establish, found, ground | use as a basis for; found on.; "base a claim on some observation" |
| ~ build | found or ground.; "build a defense on nothing but the accused person's reputation" |
| organize | | |
| v. (social) | 1. form, organise, organize | create (as an entity).; "social groups form everywhere"; "They formed a company" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| ~ regroup, reorganise, reorganize | organize anew, as after a setback. |
| ~ choose up | form sides, as for a game. |
| ~ draw up | form or arrange in order or formation, as of a body of soldiers. |
| ~ regiment | form (military personnel) into a regiment. |
| ~ syndicate | organize into or form a syndicate. |
| v. (social) | 2. organise, organize | cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea. |
| ~ arrange, order, put, set up | arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events.; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times" |
| ~ rationalise, rationalize | structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results.; "We rationalized the factory's production and raised profits" |
| ~ territorialise, territorialize | organize as a territory. |
| ~ reorganize, reorganise, shake up | organize anew.; "We must reorganize the company if we don't want to go under" |
| ~ collectivise, collectivize | bring under collective control; of farms and industrial enterprises. |
| ~ handle, manage, care, deal | be in charge of, act on, or dispose of.; "I can deal with this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts"; "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old" |
| v. (cognition) | 3. direct, engineer, mastermind, orchestrate, organise, organize | plan and direct (a complex undertaking).; "he masterminded the robbery" |
| ~ plan | make plans for something.; "He is planning a trip with his family" |
| ~ choreograph | plan and oversee the development and details of.; "The meeting between the two Presidents had been carefully choreographed" |
| v. (change) | 4. coordinate, organise, organize | bring order and organization to.; "Can you help me organize my files?" |
| ~ structure | give a structure to.; "I need to structure my days" |
| ~ interlock, mesh | coordinate in such a way that all parts work together effectively. |
| ~ arrange, set up | put into a proper or systematic order.; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" |
| v. (creation) | 5. devise, get up, machinate, organise, organize, prepare | arrange by systematic planning and united effort.; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office" |
| ~ initiate, pioneer | take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of.; "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants" |
| ~ put on, mount | prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance.; "mount a theater production"; "mount an attack"; "mount a play" |
| ~ lay | prepare or position for action or operation.; "lay a fire"; "lay the foundation for a new health care plan" |
| ~ set up | begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc..; "set up an election" |
| ~ sandwich | make into a sandwich. |
| ~ spatchcock | prepare for eating if or as if a spatchcock.; "spatchcock a guinea hen" |
| ~ embattle | prepare for battle or conflict. |
| v. (social) | 6. organise, organize, unionise, unionize | form or join a union.; "The auto workers decided to unionize" |
| ~ join, fall in, get together | become part of; become a member of a group or organization.; "He joined the Communist Party as a young man" |
| shoring | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. shore, shoring | a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support. |
| ~ beam | long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction. |
| n. (act) | 2. propping up, shoring, shoring up | the act of propping up with shores. |
| ~ supporting, support | the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening.; "he leaned against the wall for support" |
| build | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. body-build, build, habitus, physique | constitution of the human body. |
| ~ bodily property | an attribute of the body. |
| ~ lankiness | a tall and thin physique. |
| ~ dumpiness, squattiness | a short and stout physique. |
| ~ body type, somatotype | a category of physique. |
| n. (body) | 2. anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, flesh, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma | alternative names for the body of a human being.; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| ~ human, human being, homo, man | any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage. |
| ~ body, organic structure, physical structure | the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being).; "he felt as if his whole body were on fire" |
| ~ person | a human body (usually including the clothing).; "a weapon was hidden on his person" |
| ~ juvenile body | the body of a young person. |
| ~ adult body | the body of an adult human being. |
| ~ male body | the body of a male human being. |
| ~ female body | the body of a female human being. |
| v. (creation) | 3. build, construct, make | make by combining materials and parts.; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer" |
| ~ customise, customize | make according to requirements.; "customize a car" |
| ~ revet | construct a revetment. |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| ~ dry-wall | construct with drywall.; "dry-wall the basement of the house" |
| ~ lock | build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels. |
| ~ wattle | build of or with wattle. |
| ~ frame up, frame | construct by fitting or uniting parts together. |
| ~ rebuild, reconstruct | build again.; "The house was rebuild after it was hit by a bomb" |
| ~ groin | build with groins.; "The ceiling was groined" |
| ~ cantilever | construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed.; "Frank Lloyd Wright liked to cantilever his buildings" |
| ~ erect, put up, set up, rear, raise | construct, build, or erect.; "Raise a barn" |
| ~ build | be engaged in building.; "These architects build in interesting and new styles" |
| ~ corduroy | build (a road) from logs laid side by side. |
| ~ channelise, channelize | make a channel for; provide with a channel.; "channelize the country for better transportation" |
| v. (change) | 4. build, build up, progress, work up | form or accumulate steadily.; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border" |
| ~ build | develop and grow.; "Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera" |
| ~ develop | grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment.; "A flower developed on the branch"; "The country developed into a mighty superpower"; "The embryo develops into a fetus"; "This situation has developed over a long time" |
| ~ ramp up, work up, build up, build | bolster or strengthen.; "We worked up courage"; "build up confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports" |
| v. (change) | 5. build | improve the cleansing action of.; "build detergents" |
| ~ chemical science, chemistry | the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions. |
| ~ ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better | to make better.; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" |
| v. (social) | 6. build | order, supervise, or finance the construction of.; "The government is building new schools in this state" |
| ~ oversee, superintend, supervise, manage | watch and direct.; "Who is overseeing this project?" |
| v. (creation) | 7. build | give form to, according to a plan.; "build a modern nation"; "build a million-dollar business" |
| ~ develop | make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation.; "Her company developed a new kind of building material that withstands all kinds of weather"; "They developed a new technique" |
| v. (creation) | 8. build | be engaged in building.; "These architects build in interesting and new styles" |
| ~ architecture | the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings.; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use" |
| ~ build, construct, make | make by combining materials and parts.; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer" |
| ~ create | pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity.; "Don't disturb him--he is creating" |
| v. (cognition) | 9. build | found or ground.; "build a defense on nothing but the accused person's reputation" |
| ~ base, found, establish, ground | use as a basis for; found on.; "base a claim on some observation" |
| v. (change) | 10. build, build up, ramp up, work up | bolster or strengthen.; "We worked up courage"; "build up confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports" |
| ~ increase | make bigger or more.; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted" |
| ~ work up, build, build up, progress | form or accumulate steadily.; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border" |
| v. (change) | 11. build | develop and grow.; "Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera" |
| ~ deepen, intensify | become more intense.; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan" |
| ~ work up, build, build up, progress | form or accumulate steadily.; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border" |
| construct | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. concept, conception, construct | an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances. |
| ~ idea, thought | the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about.; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind" |
| ~ conceptualisation, conceptuality, conceptualization | an elaborated concept. |
| ~ notion | a general inclusive concept. |
| ~ category | a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme. |
| ~ rule, regulation | a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior.; "it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"; "short haircuts were the regulation" |
| ~ attribute, dimension, property | a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished.; "self-confidence is not an endearing property" |
| ~ abstract, abstraction | a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance.; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person" |
| ~ quantity | the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable. |
| ~ division, section, part | one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole.; "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division" |
| ~ whole | all of something including all its component elements or parts.; "Europe considered as a whole"; "the whole of American literature" |
| ~ natural law, law | a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. |
| ~ law of nature, law | a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature.; "the laws of thermodynamics" |
| ~ lexicalized concept | a concept that is expressed by a word (in some particular language). |
| ~ hypothesis, theory, possibility | a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena.; "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"; "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices" |
| ~ fact | a concept whose truth can be proved.; "scientific hypotheses are not facts" |
| ~ linguistic rule, rule | (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice. |
| v. (creation) | 2. construct, fabricate, manufacture | put together out of artificial or natural components or parts.; "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"; "He manufactured a popular cereal" |
| ~ mass-produce | produce on a large scale. |
| ~ make | make by shaping or bringing together constituents.; "make a dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones" |
| ~ raft | make into a raft.; "raft these logs" |
| v. (contact) | 3. construct | draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions.; "construct an equilateral triangle" |
| ~ geometry | the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces. |
| ~ trace, describe, draw, line, delineate | make a mark or lines on a surface.; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand" |
| v. (creation) | 4. construct | create by linking linguistic units.; "construct a sentence"; "construct a paragraph" |
| ~ create by mental act, create mentally | create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands. |
| v. (creation) | 5. construct | create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts.; "construct a proof"; "construct an argument" |
| ~ create by mental act, create mentally | create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands. |
| v. (cognition) | 6. construct, reconstruct, retrace | reassemble mentally.; "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago" |
| ~ conjecture, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, theorise, theorize, hypothecate, suppose | to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds.; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps" |
| ~ etymologise, etymologize | construct the history of words. |
| establish | | |
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