construction

/kənˈstrʌkʃən/ noun

Definition

BUILDING WORK [U] › the work of building houses, offices, bridges, etc: railway construction construction work

LARGE BUILDING [C] › something large that is built: a large steel construction

WORDS [C] › The construction of a sentence or phrase is the way the words are arranged.

(Definition of construction noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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