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Construction and Reinstatement Definitions

Construction

The act or process of constructing.

Reinstatement

To bring back into use or existence.

Construction

The art, trade, or work of building
An engineer trained in highway construction.
Worked in construction for seven years.

Reinstatement

To restore to a previous condition or position.

Construction

A structure, such as a building, framework, or model.
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Reinstatement

The act of restoring something to its previous state.
Many people are unhappy with the sacking of the chief constable and demand his immediate reinstatement.

Construction

Something fashioned or devised systematically
A nation that was glorious in its historical construction.

Reinstatement

The act of reinstating; the state of being reinstated; re stablishment.

Construction

An artistic composition using various materials; an assemblage or a collage.

Reinstatement

The condition of being reinstated;
Her reinstatement to her former office followed quickly
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Construction

The way in which something is built or put together
A shelter of simple construction.

Reinstatement

The act of restoring someone to a previous position;
We insisted on the reinstatement of the colonel

Construction

The interpretation or explanation given to an expression or a statement
I was inclined to put a favorable construction on his reply.

Construction

(Grammar) An arrangement of words forming a grammatical phrase, clause, or sentence.

Construction

The process of constructing.
Construction is underway on the new bridge.

Construction

Anything that has been constructed.
The engineer marvelled at his construction.

Construction

The trade of building structures.
He had worked in construction all his life.

Construction

A building, model or some other structure.
The office was a construction of steel and glass.

Construction

(arts) A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.
"Construction in string and clockwork" took first prize.

Construction

The manner in which something is built.
A thing of simple construction.

Construction

(grammar) A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.

Construction

The act or result of construing the meaning of something.
American conservatives tend to favor strict construction of the Constitution.

Construction

The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker.

Construction

(geometry) A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.

Construction

The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.

Construction

The form or manner of building or putting together the parts of anything; structure; arrangement.
An astrolabe of peculiar construction.

Construction

The arrangement and connection of words in a sentence; syntactical arrangement.
Some particles . . . in certain constructions have the sense of a whole sentence contained in them.

Construction

The method of construing, interpreting, or explaining a declaration or fact; an attributed sense or meaning; understanding; explanation; interpretation; sense.
Any person . . . might, by the sort of construction that would be put on this act, become liable to the penalties of treason.
Strictly, the term [construction] signifies determining the meaning and proper effect of language by a consideration of the subject matter and attendant circumstances in connection with the words employed.
Interpretation properly precedes construction, but it does not go beyond the written text.

Construction

The act of constructing or building something;
During the construction we had to take a detour
His hobby was the building of boats

Construction

The commercial activity involved in constructing buildings;
Their main business is home construction
Workers in the building trades

Construction

A thing constructed; a complex construction or entity;
The structure consisted of a series of arches
She wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons

Construction

A group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit;
I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner

Construction

The creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought

Construction

An interpretation of a text or action;
They put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct

Construction

Drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem;
The assignment was to make a construction that could be used in proving the Pythagorean theorem

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