verb
Meaning 1
To construct again; to restore.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: deconstruct
Broader terms: construct
Standard Lemma guide
reconstruct
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɹiːkənˈstɹʌkt/
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Canada, General-American: /ˌɹikənˈstɹʌkt/
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Australian, New-Zealand: /ˌɹiːkənˈstɹɐkt/
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verb
Meaning 2
To attempt to understand an event by recreating, imagining, or talking through the circumstances.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
verb
Meaning 4
do over, as of (part of) a house
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- We are remodeling these rooms
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: remodel, redo
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
verb
Meaning 5
reassemble mentally
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- reconstruct the events of 20 years ago
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: construct, retrace
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose
Narrower terms: etymologize, etymologise
verb
Meaning 6
build again
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The house was rebuild after it was hit by a bomb
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rebuild
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: construct, build, make
verb
Meaning 7
return to its original or usable and functioning condition
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- restore the forest to its original pristine condition
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: restore
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: regenerate, renew
Narrower terms: decompress, uncompress, rehabilitate, defibrillate, reinstate
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *ster- Proto-Indo-European *sterh3- Proto-Indo-European *strew- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stréweti Proto-Italic *strowō Latin struō Latin cōnstruōder. Latin cōnstrūctusbor. English construct English reconstruct From re- + construct.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Azerbaijani: bərpa etmək — to construct again
- Azerbaijani: yenidən qurmaq — to construct again
- Azerbaijani: yenidən yaratmaq — to construct again
- Belarusian: рэканструява́ць (rekanstrujavácʹ) — to construct again
- Bulgarian: преустройвам (preustrojvam) — to construct again
- Bulgarian: реконструирам (rekonstruiram) — to construct again
- Catalan: reconstruir — to construct again
- Danish: rekonstruere — to construct again
- Danish: genopbygge — to construct again
- Danish: genskabe — to construct again
- Dutch: reconstrueren — to construct again
- Dutch: wederopbouwen — to construct again
- Esperanto: rekonstrui — to construct again
- Finnish: jälleenrakentaa — to construct again
- Finnish: ennallistaa — to construct again
- Finnish: rakentaa uudelleen — to construct again
- Finnish: rekonstruoida — to construct again
- Galician: reconstruir — to construct again
- German: wiederaufbauen — to construct again
- German: rekonstruieren — to construct again
- Hungarian: újjáépít — to construct again
- Hungarian: rekonstruál — to construct again
- Hungarian: helyreállít — to construct again
- Japanese: 再構成 (saikōsei) — to construct again
- Norwegian Bokmål: rekonstruere — to construct again
- Norwegian Bokmål: gjenoppbygge — to construct again
- Norwegian Bokmål: gjenskape — to construct again
- Norwegian Nynorsk: rekonstruere — to construct again
- Norwegian Nynorsk: rekonstruera — to construct again
- Norwegian Nynorsk: byggje opp att — to construct again
- Norwegian Nynorsk: attskape — to construct again
- Polish: rekonstruować — to construct again
- Romanian: reconstrui — to construct again
- Romanian: restaura — to construct again
- Russian: реконструи́ровать (rekonstruírovatʹ) — to construct again
- Spanish: reconstruir — to construct again
- Swedish: återuppbygga — to construct again
- Swedish: rekonstruera — to construct again
- Ukrainian: реконструюва́ти (rekonstrujuváty) — to construct again
- Vietnamese: phục dựng — to construct again
Real reading context