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reconstruct Definition

re·con·struct (rē′kən strukt′)

transitive verb

  1. to construct again; rebuild; make over
  2. to build up, from remaining parts or other evidence, a concept or reproduction of (something in its original or complete form)

reconstruct Related Forms

re′·con·struc′·tive adjective

reconstruct Synonyms

reconstruct

v.

rebuild, remodel, construct again, make over, revamp, recondition, reconstitute, reproduce, re-create, piece together, reestablish, restore, refashion, reorganize, replace, overhaul, renovate, modernize, rework, construct from the original, copy, remake, reassemble; see also build 1, repair.

reconstruct Usage Examples

Object

  • chronology: At that time, the medieval monk who reconstructed the chronology got it slightly wrong.
  • history: We describe the use of reconciled trees to reconstruct the history of a gene tree with respect to a species tree.
  • past: He has to use his imagination to try to reconstruct the past.
  • climate: The remainder of Saturday afternoon was spent in the laboratory learning about the analysis of sediment cores to reconstruct past climates.
  • sequence: The audit information should be sufficient to reconstruct a complete sequence of security related events.
  • dynamics: Nature of problem: This code allows one to reconstruct the dynamics in phase space of a four-dimensional symplectic mapping using the perturbative approach.

Preposition: on

basis: Yet such alliances may at times break down and have then to be reconstructed on a new basis.

Modifying Another Word

  • painstakingly: Over the next two years, the building was painstakingly reconstructed.
  • accurately: These additional color constraints result in more accurately reconstructed geometry, which projects to better synthesized virtual views of the scene.
  • partially: Chancel and south aisle presumed to be early 15thC, but east wall of former partially reconstructed.
  • newly: Sometimes I resort to taping a sock onto their good rear leg to encourage them to use the newly reconstructed joint.
  • completely: The solution has been to completely reconstruct the ground in two phases.
  • carefully: Players can enjoy 100 carefully reconstructed miles of underground tracks.

Used with why or when

what: It's hard to reconstruct what really might have been the case.

Present participle complement

accord: Nothing unusual there: dozens of German cities were flattened by the RAF, and have been meticulously reconstructed according to the original plans.

Preposition: in

  • century: The tower was largely reconstructed in the 19th century.
  • detail: The ancient history of Egypt has been reconstructed in great detail.
  • way: This alternative perception of curricula can only be materialized if a curriculum is reconstructed in an interactive way.
  • style: The facade, reconstructed in the original, historical style, harmoniously blends into the cityscape.

Preposition: from

datum: The observed distributions are reconstructed from fossil pollen data.