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Construct

To put together the constituent parts of (something) in their proper place and order; to build; to form; to make; as, to construct an edifice.

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Verb group 2

Build 84% connected

To erect or construct, as an edifice or fabric of any kind; to form by uniting materials into a regular structure; to fabricate; to make; to raise.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Build 84% connected

To erect or construct, as an edifice or fabric of any kind; to form by uniting materials into a regular structure; to fabricate; to make; to raise.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Narrower term 19

Abstract 76% connected

Withdraw; separate.

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Abstraction 76% connected

The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal.

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Attribute 76% connected

To ascribe; to consider (something) as due or appropriate (to); to refer, as an effect to a cause; to impute; to assign; to consider as belonging (to…

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Category 76% connected

One of the highest classes to which the objects of knowledge or thought can be reduced, and by which they can be arranged in a system; an ultimate or…

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Dimension 76% connected

Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; -- usually, in the plural, measure in leng…

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Division 76% connected

The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.

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Fact 76% connected

A doing, making, or preparing.

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Hypothesis 76% connected

A supposition; a proposition or principle which is supposed or taken for granted, in order to draw a conclusion or inference for proof of the point i…

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Law 76% connected

In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or order accordin…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Notion 76% connected

Mental apprehension of whatever may be known or imagined; an idea; a conception; more properly, a general or universal conception, as distinguishable…

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Part 76% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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Possibility 76% connected

The quality or state of being possible; the power of happening, being, or existing.

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Property 76% connected

That which is proper to anything; a peculiar quality of a thing; that which is inherent in a subject, or naturally essential to it; an attribute; as,…

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Quantity 76% connected

To modify or qualify with respect to quantity; to fix or express the quantity of; to rate.

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Regulation 76% connected

The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated.

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Rule 76% connected

That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a r…

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Section 76% connected

The act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the section of bodies.

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Theory 76% connected

A doctrine, or scheme of things, which terminates in speculation or contemplation, without a view to practice; hypothesis; speculation.

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Whole 76% connected

Containing the total amount, number, etc.; comprising all the parts; free from deficiency; all; total; entire; as, the whole earth; the whole solar s…

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Manner of action 14

Cantilever 76% connected

Same as Cantalever.

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Corduroy 76% connected

A sort of cotton velveteen, having the surface raised in ridges.

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Erect 76% connected

Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect.

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Etymologize 76% connected

To give the etymology of; to trace to the root or primitive, as a word.

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Frame 76% connected

To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts o…

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Groin 76% connected

The snout of a swine.

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Lock 76% connected

A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.

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Raft 76% connected

imp. & p. p. of Reave.

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Raise 76% connected

To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Rear 76% connected

Early; soon.

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Rebuild 76% connected

To build again, as something which has been demolished; to construct anew; as, to rebuild a house, a wall, a wharf, or a city.

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Reconstruct 76% connected

To construct again; to rebuild; to remodel; to form again or anew.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Revet 76% connected

To face, as an embankment, with masonry, wood, or other material.

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Wattle 76% connected

A twig or flexible rod; hence, a hurdle made of such rods.

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Broader term 14

Conjecture 76% connected

An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Create 76% connected

Created; composed; begotten.

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Delineate 76% connected

Delineated; portrayed.

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Describe 76% connected

To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the he…

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Draw 76% connected

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

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Hypothecate 76% connected

To subject, as property, to liability for a debt or engagement without delivery of possession or transfer of title; to pledge without delivery of pos…

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Idea 76% connected

The transcript, image, or picture of a visible object, that is formed by the mind; also, a similar image of any object whatever, whether sensible or…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

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Make 76% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Speculate 76% connected

To consider by turning a subject in the mind, and viewing it in its different aspects and relations; to meditate; to contemplate; to theorize; as, to…

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Suppose 76% connected

To represent to one's self, or state to another, not as true or real, but as if so, and with a view to some consequence or application which the real…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Theorize 76% connected

To form a theory or theories; to form opinions solely by theory; to speculate.

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Thought 76% connected

of Think

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Trace 76% connected

One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be draw…

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Derivationally related 12

Builder 74% connected

One who builds; one whose occupation is to build, as a carpenter, a shipwright, or a mason.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Builder 74% connected

One who builds; one whose occupation is to build, as a carpenter, a shipwright, or a mason.

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Construction 74% connected

The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.

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Construction 74% connected

The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Maker 74% connected

One who makes, forms, or molds; a manufacturer; specifically, the Creator.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Maker 74% connected

One who makes, forms, or molds; a manufacturer; specifically, the Creator.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Manufacture 74% connected

The operation of making wares or any products by hand, by machinery, or by other agency.

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Manufacture 74% connected

The operation of making wares or any products by hand, by machinery, or by other agency.

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Reconstruction 74% connected

The act of constructing again; the state of being reconstructed.

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Reconstruction 74% connected

The act of constructing again; the state of being reconstructed.

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Synonym 8

Build 92% connected

To erect or construct, as an edifice or fabric of any kind; to form by uniting materials into a regular structure; to fabricate; to make; to raise.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Concept 92% connected

An abstract general conception; a notion; a universal.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Conception 92% connected

The act of conceiving in the womb; the initiation of an embryonic animal life.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fabricate 92% connected

To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Make 92% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Manufacture 92% connected

The operation of making wares or any products by hand, by machinery, or by other agency.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Reconstruct 92% connected

To construct again; to rebuild; to remodel; to form again or anew.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Retrace 92% connected

To trace back, as a line.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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