"construction" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

construction sustantivo

sustantivo + construction
Kolokacji: 110
road construction • railway construction • highway construction • railroad construction • home construction • school construction • ...
construction + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 139
construction worker • construction project • construction site • construction company • construction industry • construction cost • ...
construction + verbo
Kolokacji: 82
Construction begins • Construction commences • construction starts • construction continues • construction takes • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 15
(5) go, last, span
Kolokacji: 3
(6) include, allow, permit
Kolokacji: 3
(9) provide, flood, date
Kolokacji: 3
(11) consist, threaten
Kolokacji: 2
(12) mean, entail
Kolokacji: 2
(13) slow, stall, delay
Kolokacji: 3
(14) increase, rise, prove, boom
Kolokacji: 4
(15) destroy, eliminate
Kolokacji: 2
  • Recent construction at the high school had eliminated the existing course.
  • The construction of this bridge eliminated a grade-level railway crossing on the west bank of the river.
  • The simple construction of flush doors eliminated the need for sophisticated joinery.
  • This construction eliminated the movie theater since a whole wall was knocked down.
  • The construction of the federal office building to the south in 1969 eliminated the only other large section.
  • The construction of the system will eliminate all grade crossings on the peninsula and in Silicon Valley.
  • The construction of water and sewer systems eliminated human waste from the urban living space.
  • Extensive construction and quarrying on the Jamesville branch had almost eliminated any traces of the former railroad.
  • In modern portfolio theory this is defined as the extent to which the construction of the portfolio has eliminated non-market risk.
  • And the construction of Lincoln Center eliminated parts of several side streets.
verbo + construction
Kolokacji: 94
halt construction • begin construction • start construction • stop construction • construction is undertaken • commence construction • ...
adjetivo + construction
Kolokacji: 148
residential construction • new construction • original construction • wooden construction • initial construction • actual construction • ...
preposición + construction
Kolokacji: 26
under construction • during construction • of construction • in construction • since one's construction • ...

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