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reconstructing

reconstructing is the present participle and gerund of reconstruct.

Meaning of reconstruct

Verb

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

  1. To construct again; to restore.
    • As it was necessary to reconstruct the culvert close to the original position, the hazards of tunnelling through clay in an unstable condition, due to the absorption of water, had to be reduced by the application of electro-osmosis to dry out the material.1950 October, “Completion of Flood-Damage Repairs, East Coast Main Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 709
    Antonyms:
    deconstruct
  2. To attempt to understand an event by recreating, imagining, or talking through the circumstances.
    • But reconstructing the scene among those silent walls in the precarious light, with the unforgotten ghosts of other crimes ready to emerge from every shadow, I can conceive that no more frightful spectre than this sombre being, dripping red from hands and face at every step, has ever walked.1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries

Questions about reconstructing

What is reconstructing the present participle and gerund of?
Reconstructing is the present participle and gerund of reconstruct.

Words near reconstructing in the dictionary

  1. reconstructed
  2. reconstructed language
  3. reconstructed languages
  4. reconstructibility
  5. reconstructible
  6. reconstructing
  7. reconstruction
  8. reconstructional
  9. reconstructionary
  10. reconstructionism
  11. reconstructionisms

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