Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who constructs or makes; specifically, a builder.
  • noun One who constructs or interprets.
  • noun Sometimes written constructer.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A constructer.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A person who, or thing that constructs
  • noun programming A class method (in object-oriented programming) that creates and initializes each instance of an object
  • noun motorsport A company or individual who builds racing vehicles. In Formula One, constructor status is strictly defined by the rules, but in other motorsports the term is merely a descriptor. Depending on the racing rules, some constructors (e.g. Cosworth) may provide vehicles to racing teams who are not themselves constructors , while others are both teams and constructors (Ducati Corse, Scuderia Ferrari).

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building)

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Examples

  • The best general advice I can give a first-time poster constructor is to describe the circumstances in which a poster will eventually be viewed: a hot, congested room filled with people who are there primarily to socialize, not to look at posters.

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  • If you call the constructor without passing in a collection, the class will automatically instantiate a

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  • Type foo = bar; even though there is an = in the above expression, it calls a constructor, not operator =.

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  • Type foo = bar; even though there is an = in the above expression, it calls a constructor, not operator =.

    GameDev.Net 2009

  • Before Guice, I had to make the same up-front decision over and over: do I call a constructor directly, or do I write a factory and call it instead?

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  • If you are going to call a constructor, you need to have a solid understanding of the class you're instantiating.

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  • In this post I'll focus on when it is ok to call a constructor, and how to do so effectively.

    When To Call a Constructor Part 1 Jack Cough 2008

  • If you are going to call a constructor, you need to have a solid understanding of the class you're instantiating.

    When To Call a Constructor Part 1 Jack Cough 2008

  • Former ACPT champion and professional crossword constructor Trip Payne discusses moving to Southern Florida to escape New York's puzzle community.

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  • In this post I'll focus on when it is ok to call a constructor, and how to do so effectively.

    Archive 2008-05-01 Jack Cough 2008

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  • People who make crossword puzzles are called constructors. All crossword puzzles used to be laid out by hand. Today many crossword puzzle constructors use computer software to assist in the puzzle layout. Crossword puzzles that end up in large newspapers or in syndication are controlled by an editor. Constructors submit their puzzles to a crossword editor and the editor decides which puzzles are selected (and for what day since crosswords raise in difficulty through the week).

    March 20, 2017