construction industry
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- noun
- /kənˈstrʌkʃən ˈɪndəstri/
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industria de la construcción
- The construction industry plays a vital role in building new homes and commercial spaces.
- work in the construction industry
Examples
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Unlike the manufacturing sector, the construction industry has grown considerably since the late 1970s.
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However, there have been a variety of studies concerning CO2 emissions stemming from the construction industry and methods to effectively reduce it.
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At the same time, some 55 percent of the independent sector comes from the construction industry.
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Bernard has had a hard life in the construction industry.
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Speaker, we have a construction industry in recession at a time that is an acute need for new housing.
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Why the dramatic rise in unionization in the construction industry?
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Before the earthquake, corruption in the country's construction industry was an open secret.
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The revised standards include new rules for the accreditation of practitioners working in the construction industry.
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The the thing that's giving us hope is that the construction industry in the UK is having a big push towards more off site fabrication.
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Of the overall CO2 emissions made by the construction industry, 74 to 81% is generated by Portland cement production.
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Synonyms
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Work of building things like houses, roads or bridges
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the sector of the economy involved in building' is directly and predictably derived from combining 'construction' (building activity) with 'industry' (sector/organized production). This simple noun–noun composition follows common cross-linguistic patterns (e.g., Spanish 'industria de la construcción') and would be clear to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Construction industry joins construction ('building things') and industry ('a group of businesses that do the same work'). That image of cranes, tools and many workers on building sites explains why it means 'the part of the economy that builds houses and other buildings'.