reconstruction en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (General-American) audio
- /ˌɹiːkənˈstɹʌkʃən/ (UK)
- (US) audio
- /ˌɹiːkənˈstɹakʃən/ (Australia)
- /ˌɹikənˈstɹʌkʃən/ (Canada, US)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English construction English reconstruction From re- + construction.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The action of reconstructing something, not necessarily to the earlier state.
At Crewe, where a ten-span bridge carries the Nantwich road over several tracks and platforms, complete reconstruction will be necessary to give the extra headroom required by electric trains. […] The reconstruction will be carried on half the bridge at a time so that part of the road will remain open for traffic and interference with trains minimised.
1958 July 14, “Bridge Reconstruction for L.M.R. Electrification”, in Railway Magazine, page 488:For each crane, the nonprofits through an arrangement with a foundation are giving $2 toward reconstruction in Japan.
2011 April 12, Chris English, PhillyBurbs.com, archived from the original on 23 Jul 2026:However, we also performed analyses after excluding solitary taxa to check the robustness of the reconstructions to variation in taxon sampling.
2018, Patrick K Piekarski et al., “Phylogenomic Evidence Overturns Current Conceptions of Social Evolution in Wasps (Vespidae)”, in Molecular Biology and Evolution, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2025:Sunderland station has undergone several reconstructions.
2021 August 11, “Network News: £26m Sunderland station rebuild”, in RAIL, number 937, page 24:
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(countable, uncountable) The act of restoring something to an earlier state.
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!
1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, page 255:The reconstruction of the medieval bridge began last year.
By a remarkable piece of railway reconstruction work on the part of the Allied Forces—mainly South African railway construction troops—mines laid along the track by the retreating enemy were removed by sappers, and the German damage made good, within 7 days.
1944 March and April, “The Western Desert Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 73:“The decision of the cassation court establishes that the Roman salute is not a crime unless there is a concrete danger of the reconstruction of the fascist party, as provided by Article 5 of the Scelba law, or there are concrete aims of racial discrimination and violence, as provided by the Mancino law,” a lawyer for two of the defendants Domenico Di Tullio told CNN.
2024 January 19, Barbie Latza Nadeau, “Fascist salute legal at rallies unless it threatens public order, says Italy’s high court”, in CNN, archived from the original on 07 Feb 2024:
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(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.
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(countable, uncountable) 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
2016 February 25, Robert A. Blust, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2022:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| reconstructions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
internal reconstruction · prereconstruction · paleoreconstruction · reconstructional · reconstructionism · reconstructionist · palaeoreconstruction
Hyponyms
Relateds
Translations (89)
hy վերակառուցում (act of restoring) · it ricostruzione (act of restoring) · it ricostruzione (something reconstructed or restored) · es reconstrucción de los hechos (recreation or retelling) · sv återuppbyggnad (act of restoring) · hy վերականգնում (act of restoring) · el αποκατάσταση (act of restoring) · de Wiederaufbau (act of restoring) · be адбудо́ва (act of restoring) · id rekonstruksi (something reconstructed or restored) · no gjenoppbygging (something reconstructed or restored) · tr yeniden imar (act of restoring) · el ανοικοδόμηση (act of restoring) · pl rekonstrukcja (recreation or retelling) · ru восстановле́ние (act of restoring) · ru возрожде́ние (act of restoring) · ru реконстру́кция (act of restoring) · az yenidən yaratma (act of restoring) · it ricostruzione (recreation or retelling) · sh реконстру̀кција (act of restoring) · pl odtworzenie (act of restoring) · cs přestavba (act of restoring) · es restauración (act of restoring) · kk қайта құру (act of restoring) · nb rekonstruksjon (act of restoring) · bg преустро́йство (act of restoring) · sv rekonstruktion (act of restoring) · es reconstrucción (something reconstructed or restored) · es reconstrucción (act of restoring) · pt reconstrução (something reconstructed or restored) · ru переустро́йство (act of restoring) · de Rekonstruktion (something reconstructed or restored) · pl rekonstrukcja (act of restoring) · fi rekonstruointi (recreation or retelling) · no rekonstruksjon (recreation or retelling) · sk rekonštrukcia (act of restoring) · pt reconstrução (recreation or retelling) · el αναστήλωση (act of restoring) · az bərpa (act of restoring) · la recōnstrūctiō (act of restoring) · nl wedersamenstelling (recreation or retelling) · ro restaurare (act of restoring) · da ombygning (act of restoring) · bg реконстру́кция (act of restoring) · sk prestavba (act of restoring) · pt reconstrução (act of restoring) · sv rekonstruktion (something reconstructed or restored) · sl rekonstrukcija (act of restoring) · de Rekonstruktion (act of restoring) · uk відбудо́ва (act of restoring) · ga athdhéanamh (act of restoring) · fr reconstruction (act of restoring) · nl wederopbouw (act of restoring) · de Rekonstruktion (recreation or retelling) · fr reconstitution (recreation or retelling) · hy վերակազմություն (something reconstructed or restored) · ro reconstruire (act of restoring) · be аднаўле́нне (act of restoring) · ro reconstituire (recreation or retelling) · az yenidən yaradılma (act of restoring) · sv rekonstruktion (recreation or retelling) · az yenidənqurma (act of restoring) · nn rekonstruksjon (something reconstructed or restored) · be рэканстру́кцыя (act of restoring) · fi uudelleenrakennus (act of restoring) · fi jälleenrakennus (act of restoring) · uk відно́влення (act of restoring) · hu újjáépítés (act of restoring) · el αναπαράσταση (recreation or retelling) · ro reconstrucție (something reconstructed or restored) · pl rekonstrukcja (something reconstructed or restored) · el ανακατασκευή (act of restoring) · eo rekonstruo (something reconstructed or restored) · nb rekonstruksjon (something reconstructed or restored) · sh rekonstrùkcija (act of restoring) · ru реконстру́кция (something reconstructed or restored) · fi rekonstruktio (something reconstructed or restored) · uk реконстру́кція (act of restoring) · mk реконструкција (act of restoring) · fa بازسازی (act of restoring) · cmn 重建 (act of restoring) · pl odtworzenie (recreation or retelling) · pt restauração (act of restoring) · ru воссозда́ние (act of restoring) · sl obnova (act of restoring) · da rekonstruktion (act of restoring) · cs rekonstrukce (act of restoring) · id rekonstruksi (act of restoring) · ro restaurație (act of restoring)