(brachylogy) A construction commonly found in Greek and Hebrew in which either a verb of motion is paired with a locative prepositional phrase or a static verb is paired with an allative preposition phrase.

(grammar) A grammatical construction in which a word’s inflexion is determined by the semantics of the word or words with which it associates, in contravention of what is required by grammar.

The process of constructing. / Anything that has been constructed. / The trade of building structures. / A building, model or some other structure.

Thick colored paper that can be cut to make designs, models, etc

plural of construction

Of, pertaining to, or obtained by construction.

Of, pertaining to, or advocating constructionism.

An advocate of constructionism. / One who puts a certain construction upon some writing or instrument, such as the United States Constitution. / (obsolete) One who works in construction.

(law) A strict interpretation of the actual words and phrases used in law, rather than to any underlying intent.

plural of constructionist