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reconstruct

verb
/ˌɹiːkənˈstɹʌkt/UK/ˌɹikənˈstɹʌkt/CA/ˌɹiːkənˈstɹɐkt/

Etymology

From re- + construct.

  1. borrowed from cōnstrūctus
  2. formed as reconstruct — “re- + construct”

Definitions

  1. To construct again

    To construct again; to restore.

    • The greatest number of bridges requiring modification are overline bridges, and many methods are adopted in reconstructing and altering them to give increased clearances.

  2. To attempt to understand an event by recreating, imagining, or talking through the…

    To attempt to understand an event by recreating, imagining, or talking through the circumstances.

The neighborhood

Derived

reconstructable, reconstructible, reconstructor, unreconstruct

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for reconstruct. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA