reconstruction

US /ˌɹikənˈstɹʌkʃən/ UK /ˌɹiːkənˈstɹʌkʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #12587

Meanings

1

noun
The act of building or putting something together again, often better than before.

The reconstruction of the war-torn city took many years.
2

noun
The act of restoring something to an earlier state.

The reconstruction of the medieval bridge began last year.
3

noun
A detailed recreation of how a past event probably happened.

The detective's reconstruction of the crime convinced the jury.
4

name
The period in United States history from 1865 to 1877 when the country rebuilt the South after the Civil War.

Reconstruction reshaped the political life of the Southern states.

Thesaurus

Word family

Forms reconstructions

Derived forms palaeoreconstructionpaleoreconstructionprereconstructionreconstructionalreconstructionismreconstructionist

Related forms rebuilding reconstruct

Etymology

A proper-noun variant of reconstruction.

Topics

Actions & Processes Word Formation & Derivatives

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# reconstruction

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun, name
**IPA (US):** /ˌɹikənˈstɹʌkʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌɹiːkənˈstɹʌkʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 12587

## Meanings
1. The act of building or putting something together again, often better than before.
2. The act of restoring something to an earlier state.
3. A detailed recreation of how a past event probably happened.
4. The period in United States history from 1865 to 1877 when the country rebuilt the South after the Civil War.

## Examples
- The reconstruction of the war-torn city took many years.
- The reconstruction of the medieval bridge began last year.
- The detective's reconstruction of the crime convinced the jury.
- Reconstruction reshaped the political life of the Southern states.

## Derived Forms
- palaeoreconstruction
- paleoreconstruction
- prereconstruction
- reconstructional
- reconstructionism
- reconstructionist

## Related Forms
- rebuilding
- reconstruct

## Etymology
A proper-noun variant of reconstruction.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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