construction
/kənˈstrʌkʃn/noun
उच्चारण कन्स्ट्रक्शन
निर्माण, बनावट
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[U]
the process or method of building or making something, especially roads, buildings, bridges
निर्माण, बनावट
- The bridge is under construction.
- Construction of the new airport will take four years.
- Construction of the flyover began in March.
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- The workers are on a construction site near the station.
- The house is still under construction.
Synonyms building erection assembly manufacture creation
Opposite destruction demolition ruin
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[C] grammar
the way in which words are used together and arranged to form a sentence or phrase
(वाक्य) रचना
- a grammatical construction
- The passive construction is common in newspaper reports.
- This sentence has a complicated construction.
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- The teacher explained the construction of conditional sentences.
- Avoid a clumsy construction when you write.
Synonyms structure arrangement pattern form
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
construction of + noun
Use 'of' for the thing being built or made. In this sense the noun is uncountable.
जो चीज़ बन रही हो, उसके लिए 'of' आता है। इस अर्थ में यह noun uncountable है।
- The construction of the new bridge took three years.
- Construction of the metro line began in April.
under construction
This phrase describes something being built at present. Do not add 'the' or 'a' before construction.
यह वाक्यांश उस चीज़ को बताता है जो इस समय बन रही है। 'Construction' से पहले 'the' या 'a' नहीं लगता।
- The stadium is still under construction.
- Several flyovers in the city are under construction.
a construction (grammar) / this construction
In grammar, a construction is a way words are arranged in a phrase or sentence; here it is countable.
Grammar में construction का अर्थ शब्दों को वाक्य या phrase में सजाने का ढंग है; इस अर्थ में यह countable है।
- 'Be + going to' is a common future construction.
- The passive construction is formal in this sentence.
construction + noun (modifier)
Before another noun it names the building trade: construction work, construction site, construction worker.
दूसरे noun से पहले यह निर्माण-उद्योग को बताता है: construction work, construction site।
- Construction workers must wear helmets.
- The construction industry employs millions.
a construction (a structure)
Countable, it means the object built, often a large or odd one.
Countable रूप में यह बनाई गई संरचना को दर्शाता है, प्रायः बड़ी या अनोखी।
- The tower is a strange construction of steel and glass.
+Collocations 4
verb + construction
startcompletehaltoverseefinance
- The court ordered the builder to halt construction.
construction + noun
sitecompanyworkermaterialindustry
- Cement is the main construction material.
adjective + construction
roadrapidillegalfaultymodern
- Illegal construction near the river was demolished.
construction + of / in
construction of a damconstruction in progressconstruction of a sentence
- Good construction of sentences is tested in the English paper.
“More examples 5
- Radhika's father works on a construction site in Pune.
राधिका के पिता पुणे में एक निर्माण-स्थल पर काम करते हैं।
- Heavy rain delayed the construction of the school building.
भारी बारिश ने स्कूल भवन के निर्माण में देरी कर दी।
- The sentence has a faulty construction and must be rewritten.
इस वाक्य की रचना दोषपूर्ण है और इसे दोबारा लिखना होगा।
- The road is closed because of construction work.
निर्माण-कार्य के कारण सड़क बंद है।
- The new airport has been under construction since 2022.
नया हवाई अड्डा 2022 से निर्माणाधीन है।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ The bridge is under the construction.
✓ The bridge is under construction.
The fixed phrase has no article.
यह स्थिर वाक्यांश है, इसमें article नहीं लगता।
✗ The construction of the building have started.
✓ The construction of the building has started.
The subject is 'construction', which is singular, not 'building'.
Subject 'construction' एकवचन है, 'building' नहीं, इसलिए 'has' आएगा।
✗ There are many constructions going on in our city.
✓ There is a lot of construction going on in our city.
In the sense of building work, construction is uncountable and has no plural.
निर्माण-कार्य के अर्थ में 'construction' uncountable है और उसका plural नहीं बनता।
¶Idioms 1
under construction
being built
निर्माणाधीन, बन रहा है
- The new metro line is under construction.
- Our website is still under construction.
◇Word family
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
con·struc·tion
§Grammar and usage
The adjective constructive means helpful ('constructive criticism'); its opposite destructive.
Adjective constructive का अर्थ सहायक है ('constructive criticism'); विपरीत destructive।
Sentence construction means how words are arranged; parallel construction keeps items in a list in the same form.
Sentence construction का अर्थ शब्दों का क्रम; parallel construction सूची की चीज़ों को एक ही रूप में रखता है।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Under construction, construction site.
Collocations: under construction (निर्माणाधीन, यानी जो बन रहा हो), construction site (निर्माण-स्थल जहाँ इमारत या सड़क बन रही हो)।