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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024re•con•struc•tion (rē′kən struk′shən),USA pronunciation n. - an act of reconstructing.
- American History(cap.) [U.S. Hist.]
- the process by which the states that had seceded were reorganized as part of the Union after the Civil War.
- the period during which this took place, 1865–77.
- re- + construction 1785–95
re′con•struc′tion•al, re′con•struc′tion•ar′y, adj. WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024re•con•struct /ˌrikənˈstrʌkt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to construct again;
rebuild; make over:to reconstruct the battle-torn country. - to re-create in the mind from available information:to reconstruct the events of the murder.
re•con•struc•tion, n. [countable]a reconstruction of the events leading up to the accident.[uncountable]the money necessary for reconstruction of the country's infrastructure.See -stru-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024re•con•struct (rē′kən strukt′),USA pronunciation v.t. - to construct again;
rebuild; make over. - to re-create in the mind from given or available information:to reconstruct the events of the murder.
- Linguistics[Historical Ling.]to arrive at (hypothetical earlier forms of words, phonemic systems, etc.) by comparison of data from a later language or group of related languages.
re′con•struct′i•ble, adj. re′con•struc′tor, re′con•struct′er, n. |