English-French translations for construct

• construire
  Cette nouvelle Europe, nous allons la construire ensemble. We shall construct the new Europe together.
  Pourquoi, en effet, construire l'Europe ? Why, in fact, are we constructing Europe?
  L’Afrique est à construire par et pour les Africains. Africa must be constructed by and for Africans.
• construction
  La construction est déjà terminée. Construction is already complete.
  Cette construction a deux conditions: This construction has two requirements:
  La construction de l'Europe ne s'achèvera jamais. The construction of Europe never finishes.
• assembler
• bâtir
  Croissance, emploi, sécurité, sont les trois piliers sur lesquels l’Europe doit bâtir sa politique. Growth, employment and security are the three pillars on which Europe has to construct its policy.
  Maintenant que la Guerre Froide appartient au passé, nous avons la possibilité de bâtir une politique de sécurité sans armes nucléaires. Now, in a new era, with the Cold War over, we have the chance to construct a security policy without nuclear weapons.
  Nous pouvons bâtir un monde plus prospère sur la base d'une alliance solide entre des sociétés libres qui stimulent la création. A more prosperous world can be constructed on the basis of a solid alliance between free societies which stimulate creation.
• joindre
  Le médiateur a déjà reçu de nombreuses louanges pour sa synthèse constructive et accessible des problématiques, et je souhaite me joindre à ceux qui le félicitent. The Ombudsman has received a large amount of praise for his constructive and easy-to-follow overview of the issues, and I would like to add my voice to those praising him.
  Monsieur le Président, je souhaite moi aussi me joindre à la joie exprimée aujourd'hui à de nombreux niveaux au sujet du bon déroulement des négociations budgétaires. Mr President, I too want to join in the delight that has been expressed today in many quarters concerning the constructive way in which the budgetary negotiations have proceeded.

Definition of construct

• Something constructed from parts
• A concept or model
• genetics) A segment of nucleic acid, created artificially, for transplantation into a target cell or tissue
• To build or form by assembling parts
• To build by arranging words or ideas
• To draw by following precise specifications and using geometric tools and techniques

Synonyms

• concept
• idea
• model
• notion
• representation

Examples

• The artwork was a construct of wire and tubes.
• Loops and conditional statements are constructs in computer programming.
• Bohrs theoretical construct of the atom was soon superseded by quantum mechanics.
• We constructed the radio from spares.
• A sentence may be constructed with a subject, verb and object.
• Construct a circle that touches each vertex of the given triangle.

Related words

• construction
• constructive
• constructively
• deconstruct
• deconstruction
• constructor
• reconstruction
• reconstruct
• constructed