reconstruction
nounUK /ˌɹiːkənˈstɹʌkʃən/ · CA, US /ˌɹikənˈstɹʌkʃən/
Etymology From re- + construction.
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The action of reconstructing something, not necessarily to the earlier state.
- 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 open for traffic and interference with trains minimised.1958 July 23, “Bridge Reconstruction for L.M.R. Electrification”, in Railway Magazine, page 488:
- For each crane, the nonprofits through an arrangement with a foundation are giving $2 toward reconstruction in Japan.2011, Chris English, PhillyBurbs.com:
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- Sunderland station has undergone several reconstructions.2021 August 11, “Network News: £26m Sunderland station rebuild”, in RAIL, number 937, page 24:
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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:
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- 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:
- “The decision of the cassation court establishes that the Roman salute is not a crime unless there is a concrete danger of the reconstruction of the fascist party, as provided by Article 5 of the Scelba law, or there are concrete aims of racial discrimination and violence, as provided by the Mancino law,” a lawyer for two of the defendants Domenico Di Tullio told CNN.2024 January 19, Barbie Latza Nadeau, “Fascist salute legal at rallies unless it threatens public order, says Italy’s high court”, in CNN:
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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.
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences 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, Robert A. Blust, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary:
- Derived terms
- internal reconstruction, palaeoreconstruction, paleoreconstruction, prereconstruction, reconstructional, reconstructionism, reconstructionist
- Related terms
- rebuilding, reconstruct
- Hyponyms
- type reconstruction