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- Dictionaryre·con·struct/ˌrēkənˈstrək(t)/
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- 1. build or form (something) again after it has been damaged or destroyed: "a small area of painted Roman plaster has been reconstructed"
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Jul 1, 2012 · The meaning of RECONSTRUCT is to construct again. How to use reconstruct in a sentence.
RECONSTRUCT definition: 1. to build or create again something that has been damaged or destroyed: 2. to change a system or…. Learn more.
If the verb to "construct" means to build something, then to reconstruct means to build it again. You can reconstruct a building, a city, or even an idea. If a house is destroyed in a fire, earthquake, or flood, you might try to reconstruct it — or you could build a totally new one.
Reconstruct definition: to construct again; rebuild; make over. See examples of RECONSTRUCT used in a sentence.
reconstruct something to be able to describe or show exactly how a past event happened, using the information you have gathered. Investigators are trying to reconstruct the circumstances of the crash. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
1. to construct or form again; rebuild: to reconstruct a Greek vase from fragments. 2. to form a picture of (a crime, past event, etc) by piecing together evidence or acting out a version of what might have taken place. ˌreconˈstructible adj. ˌreconˈstruction n. ˌreconˈstructive, ˌreconˈstructional adj. ˌreconˈstructor n.
If you reconstruct something that has been destroyed or badly damaged, you build it and make it work again.
Definitions of 'reconstruct'. 1. If you reconstruct something that has been destroyed or badly damaged, you build it and make it work again. [...] 2. To reconstruct a system or policy means to change it so that it works in a different way. [...] 3.
From Longman Business Dictionary re‧con‧struct /ˌriːkənˈstrʌkt/ verb [intransitive, transitive] to build something again or repair it after it has been destroyed or damaged attempts to reconstruct the country’s war-damaged economy → See Verb table.
To construct or put together again, esp. following damage or destruction, or by way of renovation. 1762. Any expectation before restrained, of reconstructing a set of lines by analogy, now vanished. T. Walter, New Mathematical Dictionary at Variation. 1768. It seemed no blamable attempt to reconstruct the whole afresh from the very ground.
