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constructive

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/kənˈstrʌktɪv/
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Translations

constructiveadjective
more constructive
Comp.
most constructive
Super.
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constructifQui apporte une aide utile ou favorise l’amélioration.
Her constructive comments helped the team improve the design.
Ses remarques constructives ont aidé l’équipe à améliorer la conception.
Additional translations
constructifRelatif à la construction, à la création ou à l’élaboration.
constructifEn droit, qui est présumé ou réputé exister pour les besoins juridiques.
Synonyms
useful
advantageous
productive
positive
helpful
beneficial
promotive
Antonyms
destructive
constructivenoun
constructives
pl
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Used chiefly in competitive policy debate to denote a speech in which a side presents its main case.
discours constructifDans le débat politique universitaire.
The affirmative's first constructive laid out an ambitious education reform plan.
Le premier discours constructif de l’équipe affirmative a présenté un ambitieux plan de réforme de l’éducation.

Definitions

constructiveadjective
Serving a useful purpose; tending to build up.
The teacher provided constructive feedback to help the student improve their writing skills.
Relating to or based on the process of construction or creation.
The architect's constructive approach to the project ensured that the building was both functional and aesthetically pleasing.
Inferred or imputed by law; not actual but assumed to exist for legal purposes.
The tenant was held to have constructive notice of the building's code violations.
constructivenoun
In policy debate, a speech in which a team sets out its principal arguments and evidence.
The affirmative's first constructive laid out an ambitious education reform plan.
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