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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*strew-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "cōnstrūctus"
},
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"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "cōnstruō",
"3": "",
"4": "to heap together"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "com-",
"3": "",
"4": "together"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "struō",
"3": "",
"4": "I heap up, pile"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "construe"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of construe",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
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"forms": [
{
"form": "constructs",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "constructing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "constructed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "constructed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
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{
"text": "We constructed the radio from spares.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "A wall constructed of random stones.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To build or form (something) by assembling parts."
],
"links": [
[
"build",
"build"
],
[
"form",
"form"
],
[
"assembling",
"assemble"
],
[
"part",
"part"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To build or form (something) by assembling parts."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "A sentence may be constructed with a subject, verb and object.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1997, Marita Sturken, Tangled Memories",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To build (a sentence, an argument, etc.) by arranging words or ideas."
],
"links": [
[
"sentence",
"sentence"
],
[
"argument",
"argument"
],
[
"word",
"word"
],
[
"idea",
"idea"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To build (a sentence, an argument, etc.) by arranging words or ideas."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs",
"en:Geometry"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Construct a circle that touches each vertex of the given triangle.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using geometric tools and techniques."
],
"links": [
[
"geometry",
"geometry"
],
[
"draw",
"draw"
],
[
"geometric",
"geometric"
],
[
"figure",
"figure"
],
[
"precise",
"precise"
],
[
"specification",
"specification"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, geometry) To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using geometric tools and techniques."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"geometry",
"mathematics",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kənˈstɹʌkt/",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌkt"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-construct-noun.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/59/En-us-construct-noun.ogg/En-us-construct-noun.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/En-us-construct-noun.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US), noun"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-construct-verb.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/53/En-us-construct-verb.ogg/En-us-construct-verb.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/En-us-construct-verb.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US), verb"
},
{
"enpr": "kŏn'strŭkt"
},
{
"enpr": "kän'strŭkt"
},
{
"enpr": "kən-strŭkt'"
}
],
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{
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts'",
"word": "assemble"
},
{
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts'",
"word": "build"
},
{
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts'",
"word": "form"
},
{
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts'",
"word": "make"
},
{
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts'",
"word": "produce"
},
{
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts'",
"word": "put together"
},
{
"sense": "build (a sentence or argument)",
"word": "form"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kaṙucʿel",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"word": "կառուցել"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "šinel",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"word": "շինել"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "sarkʿel",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"word": "սարքել"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "budavácʹ",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "будава́ць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "pabudavácʹ",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "пабудава́ць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "kanstrujavácʹ",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "канструява́ць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "skanstrujavácʹ",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сканструява́ць"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "strojá",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "строя́"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "gradjá",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "градя́"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"word": "construir"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiànzào",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"word": "建造"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"word": "建設"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiànshè",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"word": "建设"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"word": "konstruovat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"word": "sestavit"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"word": "konstruere"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"word": "bygge"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"word": "ehitama"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"word": "rakentaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"word": "construire"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"word": "bauen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"word": "konstruieren"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "timrjan",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"word": "𐍄𐌹𐌼𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kataskevázo",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"word": "κατασκευάζω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "oikodomó",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"word": "οικοδομώ"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "oikodoméō",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"word": "οἰκοδομέω"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hirkív",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"word": "הרכיב"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"word": "costruire"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kensetsu suru",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"word": "建設する"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tateru",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"word": "建てる"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kizuku",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"word": "築く"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"word": "ava kirin"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"word": "compingō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"word": "construō"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"word": "konstruere"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sâxtan",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"word": "ساختن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "budować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zbudować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "konstruować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "skonstruować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"word": "montar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "construi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stróitʹ",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "стро́ить"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "postróitʹ",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "постро́ить"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "konstruírovatʹ",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "конструи́ровать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skonstruírovatʹ",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сконструи́ровать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"word": "construir"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"word": "konstruera"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "buduváty",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "будува́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zbuduváty",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "збудува́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "konstrujuváty",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "конструюва́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zkonstrujuváty",
"sense": "build or form by assembling parts",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "зконструюва́ти"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sǎstavjam",
"sense": "build (a sentence or argument)",
"word": "съставям"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "build (a sentence or argument)",
"word": "construir"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "build (a sentence or argument)",
"word": "koostama"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "build (a sentence or argument)",
"word": "rakentaa"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "baná",
"sense": "build (a sentence or argument)",
"word": "בנה"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "build (a sentence or argument)",
"word": "ava kirin"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "build (a sentence or argument)",
"word": "durist kirin"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sâxtan",
"sense": "build (a sentence or argument)",
"word": "ساختن"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "build (a sentence or argument)",
"word": "construir"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "build (a sentence or argument)",
"word": "montar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sostavljátʹ",
"sense": "build (a sentence or argument)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "составля́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sostávitʹ",
"sense": "build (a sentence or argument)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "соста́вить"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stróitʹ",
"sense": "build (a sentence or argument)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "стро́ить"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "postróitʹ",
"sense": "build (a sentence or argument)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "постро́ить"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "postrojavam",
"sense": "draw (a geometric figure)",
"word": "построявам"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "draw (a geometric figure)",
"word": "sestrojit"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "draw (a geometric figure)",
"word": "konstruoida"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "draw (a geometric figure)",
"word": "construire"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "draw (a geometric figure)",
"word": "construi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stróitʹ",
"sense": "draw (a geometric figure)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "стро́ить"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "postróitʹ",
"sense": "draw (a geometric figure)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "постро́ить"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Construct"
],
"word": "construct"
}
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