"construction" meaning in English

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  "hyphenation": "con‧struc‧tion",
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          "text": "The workers began construction of the new hospital last week."
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          "text": "The recent downturn in the economy is causing a lot of pain in the construction industry with few new homes being built."
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        "Construction is the act of building something."
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          "text": "The stone construction of these buildings makes them very cold in the winter."
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          "text": "In this book, the meaning of \"man\" is not a simple natural thing; it is a social construction."
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        "A construction is a particular way that something is understood."
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          "text": "A large and unusual construction stood just outside town."
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          "text": "The stone construction of these buildings makes them very cold in the winter."
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