D defs.my
Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Construct

/(kŏn*strŭkt")/ · Con·struct · IPA /ˈkɑn.stɹʌkt/
01 v. t. To put together the constituent parts of (something) in their proper place and order; to build; to form; to make; as, to construct an edifice.
imp. & p. p. Constructed; p. pr. & vb. n. Constructing
  1. 1.
    To put together the constituent parts of (something) in their proper place and order; to build; to form; to make; as, to construct an edifice.
  2. 2.
    To devise; to invent; to set in order; to arrange; as, to construct a theory of ethics.
02 a. Formed by, or relating to, construction, interpretation, or inference.
  1. 1.
    Formed by, or relating to, construction, interpretation, or inference.
Phrases & compounds
Construct form — that of a noun used before another which has the genitive relation to it.