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Pronunciation / Transliteration: construction
"La construction de la nouvelle école a commencé."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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The building of things such as houses, bridges, and roads.
"The new bridge is currently under construction."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Middle English: from Latin constructio(n-), from the verb construere 'pile together, build'.
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construction
Transliteration: construction
"La construction de la nouvelle école a commencé."
Konstruktion
Transliteration: Konstruktion
"Die Konstruktion des Gebäudes dauerte zwei Jahre."
costruzione
Transliteration: costruzione
"Il progetto è attualmente in fase di costruzione."
construcción
Transliteration: construcción
"La construcción del puente tardará un año."
construção
Transliteration: construção
"A construção da nova rodovia foi concluída."
निर्माण
Transliteration: nirman
"नया पुल निर्माणधीन है।"
建设
Transliteration: jiànshè
"这座大楼正在建设中。"
건설
Transliteration: geonseol
"새로운 지하철 공사가 진행 중입니다."
建設
Transliteration: kensetsu
"そのビルは現在建設中です。"
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