reconstruction

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The action of reconstructing something, not necessarily to the earlier state.

2. 2

   A thing that has been reconstructed or restored to an earlier state.

   • Sunderland station has undergone several reconstructions.
3. 3

   The act of restoring something to an earlier state.

   • The reconstruction of the medieval bridge began last year.
   • A striking example comes to mind, in which a scheme to improve the existing buildings finished up as virtually a complete reconstruction, owing to the unsound condition of the original structure!
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   1. 4

      The recreation or retelling of the (purported) events leading up to a certain outcome.

      • The detective's reconstruction of what happened that night is dubious.
   2. 5

      A result of linguistic reconstruction

      A result of linguistic reconstruction; a model representing an unattested linguistic unit: a phoneme, a morpheme or a word.

      • 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
   3. 6

      A period of the history of the United States from 1865 to 1877, during which the nation…

      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

The neighborhood

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