reconstruct

[ ree-kuh n-struhkt ]

/ ˌri kənˈstrʌkt /

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verb (used with object)

to construct again; rebuild; make over.

to re-create in the mind from given or available information: to reconstruct the events of the murder.

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.

Origin of reconstruct

First recorded in 1760–70; re- + construct

OTHER WORDS FROM reconstruct

re·con·struct·i·ble, adjective re·con·struc·tor, re·con·struct·er, noun

Words nearby reconstruct

reconnoitre, reconsider, reconsignment, reconstitute, reconstituted, reconstruct, reconstruction, reconstruction acts, reconstructionism, reconstructionist, reconstructive

Example sentences from the Web for reconstruct

We had to reconstruct proportions, re-create colors, and find materials drawing upon publicity photos of the time.

Unauthorized ‘Saint Laurent’ Biopic: Quel Scandale! |Liza Foreman |May 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
French air crash investigators were able to reconstruct the final minutes in the cockpit of the Airbus A330.

MH370’s Pilots Behaved As They Should in an Emergency, Not as Sinister Killers |Clive Irving |March 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Christine Pelisek and Terry Greene Sterling reconstruct what we know so far.

Inside the Yarnell, Arizona, Fire: How It Happened, and the Questions Still Unanswered |Christine Pelisek, Terry Greene Sterling |July 2, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Bradley claims he lost his right eye and had to undergo numerous surgeries around his eye to reconstruct his face.

Aaron Hernandez: Inside the Murder Investigation Roiling the NFL |Christine Pelisek |June 21, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Barack Obama and Mitt Romney each have answers, although you have to listen carefully to reconstruct them.

Romney vs Obama: Who'll Get Workers a Raise? |David Frum |September 24, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
We of Miss Somerville's generation depend on our imagination, not on memory, to reconstruct the scene.

Irish Books and Irish People |Stephen Gwynn
Professor Moulton wonders if this story, which he endeavours to reconstruct, "owed anything to Babylon?"

Myths of Babylonia and Assyria |Donald A. Mackenzie
In attempting to reconstruct the original form of the church we may first note those features which are evidently Turkish.

Byzantine Churches in Constantinople |Alexander Van Millingen
With the museums of Naples before us, we can reconstruct all the triclinia of Pompeii at a glance.

The Wonders of Pompeii |Marc Monnier
Yet to seek to reconstruct history from them, "to dig for a supposed basis of truth" in them, is idle.

Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol I of 2) |John Addington Symonds

British Dictionary definitions for reconstruct

reconstruct

/ (ˌriːkənˈstrʌkt) /

verb (tr)

to construct or form again; rebuild to reconstruct a Greek vase from fragments

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

Derived forms of reconstruct

reconstructible, adjective reconstruction, noun reconstructive or reconstructional, adjective reconstructor, noun

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