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Reconstruction

//ˌɹikənˈstɹʌkʃən// name, noun

Proper Noun

1
A period of the history of the United States from 1865 to 1877, during which the nation tried to resolve the status of the ex-Confederate states, the ex-Confederate leaders, and the Freedmen (ex-slaves) after the American Civil War.
"Fables of the Reconstruction"

Noun

1
The action of reconstructing something, not necessarily to the earlier state. countable, uncountable
"At Crewe, where a ten-span bridge carries the Nantwich road over several tracks and platforms, complete reconstruction will be necessary to give the extra headroom required by electric trains. […] The reconstruction will be carried on half the bridge at a time so that part of the road will remain open for traffic and interference with trains minimised."
2
the activity of constructing something again wordnet
3
A thing that has been reconstructed or restored to an earlier state. countable, uncountable
"Sunderland station has undergone several reconstructions."
4
recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract features which are then used to construct the memory during recall wordnet
5
The act of restoring something to an earlier state. countable, uncountable
"The reconstruction of the medieval bridge began last year."

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6
an interpretation formed by piecing together bits of evidence wordnet
7
The recreation or retelling of the (purported) events leading up to a certain outcome. countable, uncountable
"The detective's reconstruction of what happened that night is dubious."
8
A result of linguistic reconstruction; a model representing an unattested linguistic unit: a phoneme, a morpheme or a word. countable, uncountable
"It should also be noted that while Dempwolff reconstructed at only one level (Uraustronesisch), many of his reconstructions are confined to languages of western Indonesia"

Etymology 1

From re- + construction.

Etymology 2

A proper-noun variant of reconstruction.

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