Word: Constructive
How to pronounce: kənˈstrʌktɪv
Adjective
Definitions:
1. Serving a useful purpose; tending to build up.
Example sentences: "Constructive criticism"
2. Derived by inference; implied by operation of law; not obvious or explicit.
Example sentences: "Constructive liability"
3. Relating to, based on, or denoting mathematical proofs which show how an entity may in principle be constructed or arrived at in a finite number of steps.
Example sentences: "He made a good start to solving this problem for n = 2 when he found a constructive proof of a finite basis for binary forms."
Synonyms:
affirmative
positive
creative
productive
constitutive
Antonyms:
unconstructive
negative
deconstructive
Derivations:
constructionism
construction
constructor
constructional
constructing
constructed
constructively
construct
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Constructive in Other Languages...
Spanish: Constructivo
German: Konstruktiv
French: Constructif
Italian: Costruttivo
Turkish: Yapıcı
