reconstruct
Americanverb (used with object)
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to construct again; rebuild; make over.
The church was burned in 1895, but reconstructed in 1897.
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to re-create in the mind from given or available information.
The first step in solving this crime was to reconstruct the events of the murder.
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to cause to abandon earlier positions, beliefs, etc.; cause to adjust to new or current situations.
He's a reconstructed man with progressive views on gender equality.
The protesters and resisters refuse to be reconstructed.
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Historical Linguistics. to arrive at (hypothetical earlier forms of words, phonemic systems, etc.) by comparison of data from a later language or group of related languages.
verb
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to construct or form again; rebuild
to reconstruct a Greek vase from fragments
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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
Other Word Forms
- reconstructer noun
- reconstructible adjective
- reconstruction noun
- reconstructive adjective
- reconstructor noun
Etymology
Origin of reconstruct
Example Sentences
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To reconstruct this evolutionary history, the team relied on a statistical computer model.
From Science Daily
In 2010 scientists reconstructed the Neanderthal genome -- blockbuster research that allowed for analysis making clear that the species interbred.
From Barron's
By combining frequent satellite observations, the researchers reconstructed the sequence of events in detail.
From Science Daily
His voice breaking from emotion, the general predicted that reconstructing the nation’s democracy, civil society and standing in the world would take many years.
From Salon
By pairing careful surface mapping with mineral data gathered from orbiting spacecraft, the scientists reconstructed how the volcano and its underlying magma system developed over time with remarkable precision.
From Science Daily
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