How to spell construction

Construction is spelled C-O-N-S-T-R-U-C-T-I-O-N. Construct plus -ION: the C and T of construct stay, con-struc-tion.

hear itcon·struc·tion/kən'strəkʃən/nounRules and real life

What it means: The act of building something.

In a sentence: The construction workers build tall buildings.

Same family: construct, reconstruction, constructional, constructor, structure. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Construction” comes from the Latin word *constructio*, based on *struere*, meaning “to pile up” or “to build.” The same root also appears in words like “structure,” “instruct,” and “destruction,” all connected to the idea of building or putting things together.

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