reconstruct Definition
re·con·struct (rē′kən strukt′)
transitive verb
- to construct again; rebuild; make over
- to build up, from remaining parts or other evidence, a concept or reproduction of (something in its original or complete form)
reconstruct Related Forms
reconstruct Synonyms
reconstruct
v.
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.
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