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construction
Noun
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Construction is the act of building something.
The workers began construction of the new hospital last week.
The recent downturn in the economy is causing a lot of pain in the construction industry with few new homes being built.
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Construction is the way that something is made.
The stone construction of these buildings makes them very cold in the winter.
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In language, a construction is a combination of form and meaning.
Spoken English doesn't use as many passive constructions as written English.
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A construction is a particular way that something is understood.
In this book, the meaning of "man" is not a simple natural thing; it is a social construction.
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A construction is a building, bridge, tower, model, or large piece of art.
A large and unusual construction stood just outside town.
project
Noun
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A project is a complex job or assignment, often involving research or construction.
Shell is also working on projects to help find training and work experience for some of Brazil's 13 million street children.
The paper summarizes fifty research projects on the relationship between unemployment and crime.
She's a project manager with British construction company John Mowlem.
At college, I did this project on images of Black women in the media because it bothered me.
project
Verb
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If you project, you plan for or estimate something in the future.
We have projected the loss of income forward for five years.
Projecting into the future, wondering what may or may not happen and being afraid of it, is a common danger.
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If something projects out or beyond something else, it stands out.
During flight, the legs of this bird project beyond the tail.
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If you project an image somewhere, you use light to make it appear there.
During the presentation, she projected various graphs on the screen behind her.
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If you project an image, you try to give people a particular feeling about something.
The program will project a modern image of workers.
drawing
Noun
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A drawing is a picture.
He sketched a drawing of that vase.
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A drawing is a contest where the person who wins is chosen randomly.
and
Conjunction
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You use and to talk about two things at once.
I like singing and reading.
Mary and Jane went on a holiday together.
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You use and when you are listing a few things and you are now on your last item of the list.
I like singing, reading, cycling and playing soccer.
I used to like this girl from my class as she is pretty, gentle and caring.
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And is used when you are putting two sentences together.
She came into the store, shouted at the cashier, and left.
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Used to show what happened after something else.
The alarm went off and I woke up.
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And is used to join certain numbers together.
Two hundred and thirty-five people went missing after the earthquake.
specifications
noun
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A set of requirements defining an exact description of an object or a process.