Construct and Set

Construct

Construct verb - To create or think of by clever use of the imagination.

Set and construct are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Set" instead a verb "Construct".

Set

Set verb - To cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop.

Construct and set are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Construct" instead a verb "Set".

Nearby Words: setup, setting

Common collocations

kind construct kind set kind
house construct house set house
bomb construct bomb set bomb
room construct room set room
Other words: way, plan, building, story, ship.

Both words in one sentence

  • Fake-Out Opening: The first couple of pages seem to be set in the 1930's, but the movie theater is revealed to be a DR construct.
  • Literature / The Voyage of St. Brendan He selects a crew of monks and, after fasting together for 40 days, they set out to the coast to construct a ship.
  • Video Game / Tropico One True Faith: There is only one religious faction, and thus, only one set of religious buildings to construct.
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