Hyphenation of Construction

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word Construction ? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

Con-struc-tion

Definitions of Construction :

1.
The act of constructing something
During the construction we had to take a detour His hobby was the building of boats
2.
A group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit
I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner
3.
The creation of a construct
The process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought
4.
A thing constructed
A complex entity constructed of many parts The structure consisted of a series of arches She wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons
5.
Drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem
The assignment was to make a construction that could be used in proving the Pythagorean theorem
6.
An interpretation of a text or action
They put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct
7.
The commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones
Their main business is home construction Workers in the building trades

Synonyms of Construction :

noun building, creating from raw materials
noun building, commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
noun structure, artifact, artefact
noungrammatical construction, expression, constituent, grammatical constituent
nounmental synthesis, thinking, thought, cerebration, intellection, mentation
noun twist, interpretation
nounmathematical process, mathematical operation, operation

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