CONSTRUCTION - Meaning and Pronunciation

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How to pronounce construction?

This video provides examples of American English pronunciations of construction by male and female speakers.
In addition, it explains the meaning of construction through a dictionary definition and several visual examples.

IPA Transcription of construction is /kənstrˈʌkʃən/.

Definition of construction according to Wiktionary:
construction is a noun

As a noun construction can mean:
1. The process of constructing.
2. Anything that has been constructed.
3. The trade of building structures.
4. A building, model or some other structure.
5. A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.
6. The manner in which something is built.
7. A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.
8. The act or result of construing the meaning of something.
9. The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker.
10. A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.

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