reconstruct
verb
re路con路struct
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reconstructed;
reconstructing;
reconstructs
Definition of reconstruct
: to construct again: such as
a
: to establish or assemble again
b
: to subject (an organ or part) to surgery to re-form its structure or correct a defect
c
: to build up mentally : recreate
reconstructing a lost civilization
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Other Words from reconstruct
reconstructible
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adjective
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adjective
reconstructive
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adjective
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adjective
reconstructor
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noun
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noun
Examples of reconstruct in a Sentence
After the earthquake, many houses needed to be reconstructed.
Archaeologists were able to reconstruct most of the ancient village from their findings.
They are attempting to reconstruct the events that led to the bridge's collapse.
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Bumpass Hell basin is an area of hydrothermal fumaroles and boiling mud pits crossed by a boardwalk, also recently reconstructed. — Red Bluff Daily News, The Mercury News, "Bumpass Hell: Popular hiking trail to reopen after two years," 11 Sep. 2019 Dean, the fire chief, said his agency is reconstructing how the complaint was handled and determining why no fire code inspection was performed at Kennedy Street NW. — Washington Post, "D.C. officials strengthen policies for dangerous code violations after deadly fire," 5 Sep. 2019 Waber鈥檚 company is even experimenting with sound detectors that tell it if two people standing next to each other are speaking, although the system cannot reconstruct what anybody is actually saying. — Rose Eveleth, Scientific American, "Your Employer May Be Spying on You鈥攁nd Wasting Its Time," 16 Aug. 2019 The trooper, Corporal Robert Dooley, an accident investigator who had experience reconstructing hundreds of crashes, testified that there was evidence that Kemp had been braking at the time of impact and therefore couldn鈥檛 have been unconscious. — Tonya Alanez, sun-sentinel.com, "New trial ordered for driver serving 30 years for 2013 crash that killed five," 1 Aug. 2019 But a new study gives us a good answer to where, how, and when, and helps reconstruct the ancient climate of Mars. — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, "Rivers Flowed Forth on Mars Until 1 Billion Years Ago," 27 Mar. 2019 Investigators went through Reider鈥檚 trash several times to recover and reconstruct pieces of the paper from the notebook that Reider destroyed and threw in the garbage, the complaint says. — Eric Heisig, cleveland.com, "Feds seek forfeiture of Mentor-on-the-Lake house, say occupant ran gambling operation," 27 Aug. 2019 Not reconstructing the section could lead to future closures and more delays and cancellations, according to the airport. — Roland Li, SFChronicle.com, "SFO to close busiest runway for much of September: what you need to know," 26 Aug. 2019 The organizations share research in archaeology, anthropology and history to save wreck sites, reconstruct disrupted cultural heritage and connect communities to their past. — Chris Searles, National Geographic, "Most slave shipwrecks have been overlooked鈥攗ntil now," 23 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'reconstruct.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for reconstruct
reconstruct
verb
English Language Learners Definition of reconstruct
: to build (something damaged or destroyed) again
: to find out and describe or show the way an event or series of events happened
See the full definition for reconstruct in the English Language Learners Dictionary
reconstruct
verb
re路con路struct
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reconstructed;
reconstructing
Kids Definition of reconstruct
: to make or form again : rebuild
reconstruct
transitive verb
re路con路struct
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Medical Definition of reconstruct
: to subject (an organ or part) to surgery so as to re-form the structure of or to correct a defect
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