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 |
construction building | the act of constructing something, during the construction we had to take a detour, his hobby was the building of boats |
road construction | the construction of roads |
construction building | the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones, their main business is home construction, workers in the building trades |
conviction judgment of conviction condemnation sentence | (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed, the conviction came as no surprise |
structure construction | a thing constructed, a complex entity constructed of many parts, the structure consisted of a series of arches, she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons |
construction mental synthesis | the creation of a construct, the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought |
syntax sentence structure phrase structure | the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences |
sentence | a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language, he always spoke in grammatical sentences |
simple sentence | a sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses |
complex sentence | a sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause |
loose sentence | a complex sentence in which the main clause comes first and the subordinate clause follows |
periodic sentence | a complex sentence in which the main clause comes last and is preceded by the subordinate clause |
compound sentence | a sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses |
construction grammatical construction expression | 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 |
declarative sentence declaratory sentence | a sentence (in the indicative mood) that makes a declaration |
run-on sentence | an ungrammatical sentence in which two or more independent clauses are conjoined without a conjunction |
topic sentence | a sentence that states the topic of its paragraph |
sentence stress | the distribution of stresses within a sentence |
construction twist | an interpretation of a text or action, they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct |
question interrogation interrogative interrogative sentence | a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply, he asked a direct question, he had trouble phrasing his interrogations |
construction industry housing industry | an industry that builds housing |
construction worker hard hat | a worker skilled in building offices or dwellings etc. |
construction paper | paper suitable for drawing and making cutouts |
prison term sentence time | the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned, he served a prison term of months, his sentence was toyears, he is doing time in the county jail |
life sentence life | a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives, he got life for killing the guard |
sentence condemn doom | pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law, He was condemned to ten years in prison |