reconstruct

reconstruct

English

Etymology

re- +‎ construct

Verb

reconstruct (third-person singular simple present reconstructs, present participle reconstructing, simple past and past participle reconstructed)

1. To construct again; to restore.
2. To attempt to understand an event by recreating or talking through the circumstances.

Related terms

• reconstruction
• Reconstruction
• reconstructive

Translations

to construct again

Catalan: reconstruir (ca) Dutch: reconstrueren (nl) Finnish: jälleenrakentaa (fi), rakentaa uudelleen (to restore), rekonstruoida (fi) Galician: reconstruir Japanese: 再構成 (さいこうせい, saikōsei)

Romanian: reconstrui (ro), restaura (ro) Spanish: reconstruir (es) Swedish: återuppbygga (sv), rekonstruera (sv) Vietnamese: phục dựng

Further reading

• reconstruct in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• reconstruct in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• reconstruct at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• constructer, corncutters