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construction

 
 
/kənˈstrʌkʃən/ noun

Translation

BUILDING WORK [U] the work of building houses, offices, bridges, etc
inşa etme, yapma, kurma, bina etme
railway construction construction work1364
LARGE BUILDING [C] something large that is built
inşaat, bina, yapım, yapı
a large steel construction68
WORDS [C] The construction of a sentence or phrase is the way the words are arranged.
cümle/ifade yapısı/kurgusu
1225
(Definition of construction noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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