Definition of "construct"

construct

noun
plural constructs
1. Something constructed from parts.
2. A concept or model.
3. (genetics) A segment of nucleic acid, created artificially, for transplantation into a target cell or tissue.
verb
third-person singular simple present constructs, present participle constructing, simple past and past participle constructed
1. (transitive) To build or form (something) by assembling parts.
2. (transitive) To build (a sentence, an argument, etc.) by arranging words or ideas.
  Quotations
  The Vietnam War films are forms of memory that function to provide collective rememberings, to construct history, and to subsume within them the experience of the veterans.
  1997, Marita Sturken, Tangled Memories
3. (transitive, geometry) To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using geometric tools and techniques.