reconstruction
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reconstruction¹
- /ˌɹiːkənˈstɹʌkʃən/ UK
- /ˌɹikənˈstɹʌkʃən/ Canada, US
- /ˌɹiːkənˈstɹakʃən/ Australia
noun reconstructions
- The action of reconstructing something, not necessarily to the earlier state. However, we also performed analyses after excluding solitary taxa to check the robustness of the reconstructions to variation in taxon sampling.
- The act of restoring something to an earlier state. The reconstruction of the medieval bridge began last year.
- 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.
- 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
Reconstruction²
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A proper-noun variant of reconstruction.
proper noun Reconstruction · the Reconstruction
- 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
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: reconstructed, remanufacturing, regeneration, rebuilding, reconstitution, redevelop, renovation, reassembly, refurbishing, redevelopment, refurbishment, restoration, remolding, re-establish, renewal, reinstatement
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noun something reconstructed or restored
| Español | reconstrucción |
|---|---|
| Português | reconstrução |
| Deutsch | Rekonstruktion |
| Italiano | ricostruzione |
| Română | reconstrucție |
| Русский | реконстру́кция rekonstrúkcija |
noun act of restoring
| Español | reconstrucción, restauración |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 重建 chóngjiàn |
| Português | reconstrução, restauração |
| Français | reconstruction |
| Deutsch | Rekonstruktion, Wiederaufbau |
| Italiano | ricostruzione |
| Ελληνικά | ανοικοδόμηση anoikodómisi, ανακατασκευή anakataskeví, αναστήλωση anastílosi, αποκατάσταση apokatástasi |
| Română | reconstruire, restaurare, restaurație |
| Русский | реконстру́кция rekonstrúkcija, воссозда́ние vossozdánije, восстановле́ние vosstanovlénije, возрожде́ние vozroždénije, переустро́йство pereustrójstvo |
noun recreation or retelling
| Español | reconstrucción de los hechos |
|---|---|
| Português | reconstrução |
| Français | reconstitution |
| Deutsch | Rekonstruktion |
| Italiano | ricostruzione |
| Ελληνικά | αναπαράσταση anaparástasi |
| Română | reconstituire |
name Translations
| 中文 | 重建時代 /重建时代 Chóngjiàn Shídài |
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Talk about this word "reconstruction." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/reconstruction. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. reconstruction. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/reconstruction "reconstruction." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/reconstruction.Cite this
@misc{reconstruction_2026,
title = {reconstruction},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/reconstruction},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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