reconstruction
The action of reconstructing something, not necessarily to the earlier stateThe action of reconstructing something, not necessarily to the earlier state.
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Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)The action of reconstructing something, not necessarily to the earlier state.
(countable, uncountable)The act of restoring something to an earlier state.
The reconstruction of the medieval bridge began last year.
Rekonstruktion, Wiederaufbau
реконстру́кцияrekonstrúkcija, воссозда́ниеvossozdánije, восстановле́ниеvosstanovlénije
реконстру́кціяrekonstrúkcija, відно́вленняvidnóvlennja, відбудо́ваvidbudóva
(countable, uncountable)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.
Rekonstruktion, Rekonstruktion
реконстру́кцияrekonstrúkcija
(countable, uncountable)A result of linguistic reconstruction; a model representing an unattested linguistic unit: a phoneme, a morpheme or a word.
- the activity of constructing something again
- recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract features which are then used to construct the memory during recall
- an interpretation formed by piecing together bits of evidence
- the period after the American Civil War when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union; 1865-1877
Examples
9 sentencesHow much will the reconstruction cost?
Tom had to wait on Mary hand and foot after her ankle reconstruction.
This house doesn't qualify for reconstruction.
ruЭтот дом восстановлению не подлежит.
Benefits accrue to the community from reconstruction.
deVorteile fließen der Gesellschaft durch Neubebauung zu.
The reconstruction is taking a long time.
deDer Wiederaufbau dauert sehr lange.
Translations
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Forms
plural: reconstructions| Singular | reconstruction |
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Synonyms
3 synonyms- recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract features which are then used to construct the memory during recall:reconstructive memory
- the period after the American Civil War when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union; 1865-1877:Reconstruction EraReconstruction Period
Word family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable