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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024con•struc•tive /kənˈstrʌktɪv/USA pronunciation adj. - causing or leading to development;
helping to improve:constructive criticism.
con•struc•tive•ly, adv. con•struc•tive•ness, n. [uncountable]See -stru-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•struc•tive (kən struk′tiv),USA pronunciation adj. - constructing or tending to construct;
helping to improve;
promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive):constructive criticism. - of, pertaining to, or of the nature of construction;
structural. - deduced by inference or interpretation;
inferential:constructive permission. - Lawmakingdenoting an act or condition not directly expressed but inferred from other acts or conditions.
- Medieval Latin constrūctīvus, equivalent. to Latin constrūct(us) (see construct) + īvus -ive
- 1670–80
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged productive, helpful, handy, useful.
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