Collocations for "construction"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "construction" in context.
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construction
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [wood, stone, steel, brick, glass, concrete] construction
- a [fragile, sturdy, resistant, solid, modern, dilapidated] construction
- an [ancient, antique, old] construction
- a [ghastly, huge, great, large, small] construction
- The [building's, house's] construction is [fragile].
- [ship, property, road, program] construction
- works in construction
- The construction is [underway, in progress, on track].
- Construction has been [completed, delayed, finished, started].
- [check, inspect, review, design] the construction
- The [road, building] is closed for construction.
- the construction of the new [center, school, highway]
- the construction of [an empire, a new government]
- the construction of [English] (grammar)
- [learn, think about] the construction of the [phrase, sentence]
- grammar: the [past, present, future] perfect construction
- the construction [method, approach, technique]
- a construction [company, service, business]
- [owns, has, runs, manages] a construction [company]
- construction [tools, materials, supplies]
- the construction [staff, personnel, workers, foreman]
- works on a construction site
- works in the construction [industry, sector]
'construction' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
activity
- aggregate
- automation
- block
- bridge
- cement
- completion
- component
- concrete
- constantly
- contract
- contribution
- crane
- crew
- dam
- design
- disruptive
- durable
- ear
- enterprise
- equipment
- estimate
- experience
- extensive
- faulty
- firm
- flimsy
- foreman
- fund
- gloom
- halt
- harm
- harness
- highway
- hinder
- instruction
- investment
- jam
- ladder
- lumber
- making
- material
- metal
- miracle
- month
- mortar
- overrun
- parallel
- permit
- phase