reconstruction

UK/ˌɹiːkənˈstɹʌkʃən//ˌɹikənˈstɹʌkʃən/

reconstruction noun: the action of reconstructing something, not necessarily to the earlier state.

Noun

reconstruction (countable and uncountable, plural reconstructions)

The action of reconstructing something, not necessarily to the earlier state.
- However, we also performed analyses after excluding solitary taxa to check the robustness of the reconstructions to variation in taxon sampling.2018, Patrick K Piekarski et al., “Phylogenomic Evidence Overturns Current Conceptions of Social Evolution in Wasps (Vespidae)”, in Molecular Biology and Evolution, archived from the original on 27...
- At Crewe, where a ten-span bridge carries the Nantwich road over several tracks and platforms, complete reconstruction will be necessary to give the extra headroom required by electric trains. […] The reconstruction will be carried on half the bridge at a time so that part of the road will remain...1958 July, “Bridge Reconstruction for L.M.R. Electrification”, in Railway Magazine, page 488
The act of restoring something to an earlier state.
- The reconstruction of the medieval bridge began last year.
- By a remarkable piece of railway reconstruction work on the part of the Allied Forces—mainly South African railway construction troops—mines laid along the track by the retreating enemy were removed by sappers, and the German damage made good, within 7 days.1944 March and April, “The Western Desert Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 73
The recreation or retelling of the (purported) events leading up to a certain outcome.
- The detective's reconstruction of what happened that night is dubious.
A result of linguistic reconstruction; a model representing an unattested linguistic unit: a phoneme, a morpheme or a word.
- It should also be noted that while Dempwolff reconstructed at only one level (Uraustronesisch), many of his reconstructions are confined to languages of western Indonesia2016 February 25, Robert A. Blust, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2022

Proper noun capitalized: Reconstruction

Reconstruction or the Reconstruction

A period of the history of the United States from 1865 to 1877, during which the nation tried to resolve the status of the ex-Confederate states, the ex-Confederate leaders, and the Freedmen (ex-slaves) after the American Civil War.
- Fables of the Reconstruction

reconstruction meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

reconstruction in Hindi

reconstruction, remaking: पुनर्निर्माण punarnirmāṇ

reconstruction in Tamil

மீண்டும் பொருள்கொள்ளுதல், அமைத்தல், முன்னிரு நிலையமைத்தல், புனரமைப்பு

reconstruction in Marathi

पुनर्रचना, पुनर्बांधणी

reconstruction in Urdu

تعمیر نو, دوبارہ تعمیر

More languagesFewer languages

reconstruction in Bengali: পুনর্গঠন punôrgôṭhôn
reconstruction in Telugu: పునర్నిర్మాణం punarnirmāṇaṁ
reconstruction in Malayalam: പുനർനിർമ്മാണം, പുനർനിർമാണം
reconstruction in Kannada: ಪುನರ್ನಿರ್ಮಾಣ
reconstruction in Punjabi: ਪੁਨਰ ਨਿਰਮਾਣ, ਪੁਨਰਨਿਰਮਾਣ, ਪੁਨਰ-ਨਿਰਮਾਣ
reconstruction in Gujarati: પુનઃનિર્માણ, પુનર્નિર્માણ
reconstruction in Odia: ପୁନଃନିର୍ମାଣ, ପୁନର୍ଗଠନ
reconstruction in Nepali: पुनर्निर्माण, पुनः निर्माण, पुनर्संरचना
reconstruction in Indonesian: rekonstruksi
reconstruction in Persian: بازسازی bâz-sâzi

Examples of reconstruction in a sentence

For each crane, the nonprofits through an arrangement with a foundation are giving $2 toward reconstruction in Japan.2011 April 12, Chris English, PhillyBurbs.com, archived from the original on 23 Jul 2026:
Sunderland station has undergone several reconstructions.2021 August 11, “Network News: £26m Sunderland station rebuild”, in RAIL, number 937, page 24:
A striking example comes to mind, in which a scheme to improve the existing buildings finished up as virtually a complete reconstruction, owing to the unsound condition of the original structure!1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, page 255:

All 40 example sentences with reconstruction

Forms of reconstruction

plural	reconstructions

Plural of reconstruction: reconstructions

Origin of reconstruction

From re- + construction.

A proper-noun variant of reconstruction.

Words formed from reconstruction

Questions about reconstruction

What does reconstruction mean?: Reconstruction means the action of reconstructing something, not necessarily to the earlier state.
What is reconstruction in Hindi?: Reconstruction in Hindi is पुनर्निर्माण (punarnirmāṇ). See Reconstruction meaning in Hindi.
How do you use reconstruction in a sentence?: For each crane, the nonprofits through an arrangement with a foundation are giving $2 toward reconstruction in Japan.
What part of speech is reconstruction?: Reconstruction can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce reconstruction?: Reconstruction is pronounced /ˌɹiːkənˈstɹʌkʃən/ (UK).
What is the plural of reconstruction?: The plural of reconstruction is reconstructions.

Words near reconstruction in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: reconstruction (page history and authors); Reconstruction (page history and authors); पुनर्निर्माण (Hindi) (page history and authors); reconstruction (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reconstruction (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reconstruction (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); পুনর্গঠন (Bengali) (page history and authors); పునర్నిర్మాణం (Telugu) (page history and authors); reconstruction (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reconstruction (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reconstruction (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reconstruction (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reconstruction (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reconstruction (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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