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dis | construct |

As a numeral dis

is ten.

As a noun construct is

something constructed from parts.

As a verb construct is

to build or form (something) by assembling parts.

dis

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of disrespect.

Verb

(en-verb)
  • (informal)

    • Noun

    (disses)

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (disir)
  • Any of a group of minor female deities in Scandinavian folklore.
  • *
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  • * 1997 , ‘Egil's Saga’, tr. Bernard Scudder, The Sagas of Icelanders (Penguin 2001, p. 67)

    • Etymology 3

    Representing a colloquial or dialectal pronunciation of this.

    Determiner

    (en determiner)
  • (slang, or, eye dialect) This.

    • Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)
  • (slang, or, eye dialect) This.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    construct

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something constructed from parts.
    • The artwork was a construct of wire and tubes.
    Loops and conditional statements are constructs in computer programming.
  • A concept or model.
    • Bohr's theoretical construct of the atom was soon superseded by quantum mechanics.

    Synonyms

    * (something constructed from parts ): construction * (concept, model ): concept, idea, model, notion, representation

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To build or form (something) by assembling parts.
    • We constructed the radio from spares.
  • Similarly, to build (a sentence, an argument, etc.) by arranging words or ideas.
    • A sentence may be constructed with a subject, verb and object.
  • * (Marita Sturken)
    • 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.
  • (geometry) To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using geometric tools and techniques.
    • Construct a circle that touches each vertex of the given triangle.

    Synonyms

    * (build or form by assembling parts' ): assemble, build, form, make, produce, put together * (build (a sentence or argument) ): form * (draw (a geometric figure) ):

    Antonyms

    * (build or form by assembling parts ): destroy, disassemble, dismantle, ruin, wreck, take apart

    Derived terms

    * reconstruct

    Related terms

    * construction * constructible * constructive * construe

    External links

    * * * (Construct) English heteronyms