Construct
transitive verb
1: to make or form by combining or arranging parts or elements : BUILD
// construct a bridge
also : CONTRIVE, DEVISE
// Construct a plan
// construct a bridge
also : CONTRIVE, DEVISE
// Construct a plan
2: to draw (a geometrical figure) with suitable instruments and under specified conditions
// Construct a regular hexagon with sides 3 inches long.
3: to set in logical order
noun
1: something constructed by the mind: such as
a: a theoretical entity
// … the deductive study of abstract constructs …
b: a working hypothesis or concept
// The unconscious was a construct that came from the daily effort to understand patients.
a: a theoretical entity
// … the deductive study of abstract constructs …
b: a working hypothesis or concept
// The unconscious was a construct that came from the daily effort to understand patients.
2: a product of ideology, history, or social circumstances
// Privacy is more than a social construct or an idea; it is a condition of the body.
(definition from Merriam Webster)
// Privacy is more than a social construct or an idea; it is a condition of the body.
(definition from Merriam Webster)