reconstruct
1reconstruct — re‧con‧struct [ˌriːkənˈstrʌkt] verb [intransitive, transitive] PROPERTY to build something again or repair it after it has been destroyed or damaged: • attempts to reconstruct the country s war damaged economy * * * reconstruct UK US… …
2reconstruct — I verb duplicate, make over, modernize, rearrange, rebuild, recast, reclaim, recompose, recondition, reconstitute, recreate, redo, reestablish, refashion, reficere, reform, refresh, refurbish, regenerate, rehabilitate, remake, remodel, remold,… …
3Reconstruct — Re con*struct ( str?kt ), v. t. To construct again; to rebuild; to remodel; to form again or anew. [1913 Webster] Regiments had been dissolved and reconstructed. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] …
4reconstruct — 1768, to build anew, from RE (Cf. re ) back, again + CONSTRUCT (Cf. construct). Meaning to restore (something) mentally is attested from 1862. Related: Reconstructed; reconstructing …
5reconstruct — [v] reorganize, build up copy, deduce, doctor*, do up*, fix, fix up, make over, modernize, overhaul, patch, piece together, reassemble, rebuild, recast, recondition, reconstitute, recreate, reestablish, refashion, reform, regenerate, rehabilitate …
6reconstruct — ► VERB 1) construct again. 2) form an impression, model, or re enactment of (something) from evidence. DERIVATIVES reconstruction noun reconstructive adjective …
7reconstruct — [rē΄kən strukt′] vt. 1. to construct again; rebuild; make over 2. to build up, from remaining parts or other evidence, a concept or reproduction of (something in its original or complete form) reconstructive adj …
8reconstruct — [[t]ri͟ːkənstrʌ̱kt[/t]] reconstructs, reconstructing, reconstructed 1) VERB If you reconstruct something that has been destroyed or badly damaged, you build it and make it work again. [V n] The government must reconstruct the shattered economy …
9reconstruct — 01. The police are using eyewitness reports of the murder in an attempt to [reconstruct] the events of the night. 02. He had to have [reconstructive] surgery to repair damage done to his nose in the car accident. 03. Parts of the church had to be …
10reconstruct — verb ADVERB ▪ completely ▪ partially ▪ carefully, painstakingly ▪ Every aspect of the original has been closely studied and painstakingly reconstructed. ▪ …
