"constructive" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Englisch]

Forms: constructive [positive], more constructive [comparative], most constructive [superlative]
Etymology: construct + -ive
  1. (auf)bauend; schöpferisch; Bau-
    Sense id: de-constructive-en-adj-oiDss-mD
  2. konstruktiv, fördernd
    Sense id: de-constructive-en-adj-i4xyWM1p
  3. gesetzlich unterstellt; logisch folgernd
    Sense id: de-constructive-en-adj-qytJKXrI Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations ((auf)bauend; schöpferisch; Bau-): aufbauend (Deutsch), schöpferisch (Deutsch) Translations (Recht: gesetzlich unterstellt; logisch folgernd): unterstellt (Deutsch) Translations (konstruktiv, fördernd): konstruktiv (Deutsch), fördernd (Deutsch)
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