What does "reconstruction" mean?
The action of reconstructing something, not necessarily to the earlier state.
Reconstruction
/ˌɹikənˈstɹʌkʃən/ name, noun
name, noun ·Moderate ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: The action of reconstructing something, not necessarily to the earlier state.
- Grammar: reconstruction is listed as name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: anaplasty, artifact replica, copy, depiction.
- Useful contrasts: annihilation, busting, deconstruction.
- Usage evidence: The three organizations are the International Monetary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
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Definitions
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"
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"
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"The three organizations are the International Monetary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "reconstruction"?
Common synonyms include: anaplasty, artifact replica, copy, depiction, duplication, illustration.
How do you use "reconstruction" in a sentence?
The three organizations are the International Monetary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
How do you pronounce "reconstruction"?
Pronounced /ˌɹikənˈstɹʌkʃən/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From re- + construction.
Etymology 2
A proper-noun variant of reconstruction.