Con*struc"tion (?), n. [L. constructio: cf. F. construction.] 1. The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.

2. The form or manner of building or putting together the parts of anything; structure; arrangement.

An astrolabe of peculiar construction.
Whewell.

3. (Gram.) The arrangement and connection of words in a sentence; syntactical arrangement.

Some particles . . . in certain constructions have the sense of a whole sentence contained in them.
Locke.

4. The method of construing, interpreting, or explaining a declaration or fact; an attributed sense or meaning; understanding; explanation; interpretation; sense.

Any person . . . might, by the sort of construction that would be put on this act, become liable to the penalties of treason.
Hallam.

Strictly, the term [construction] signifies determining the meaning and proper effect of language by a consideration of the subject matter and attendant circumstances in connection with the words employed.
Abbott.

Interpretation properly precedes construction, but it does not go beyond the written text.
Parsons.

• The process of constructing
        Construction is underway on the new bridge
  
• Anything that has been constructed
       The engineer marvelled at his construction
  
• The trade of building structures
       He had worked in construction all his life
  
• A building, model or some other structure
       The office was a construction of steel and glass
  
• An artistic composition such as a collage etc.
       "Construction in string and clockwork" took first prize
  
• The manner in which something is built
       A thing of simple construction
  
• (Grammar) A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase