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constructive
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[kənˈstrʌktɪv], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- having or intended to have a useful or beneficial purpose
(e.g: constructive advice)
- not obvious or stated explicitly; derived by inference
(e.g: constructive liability)
- 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
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Origin
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mid 17th century (in constructive): from late Latin constructivus, from Latin construct- ‘heap together’, from the verb construere (see construct)
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