Reconstruct

Definitions: Reconstruct

Reconstruct

Verb

1. Of past events.

2. Build again; "The house was rebuild after it was hit by a bomb".

3. Cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically.

4. Do over, as of (part of) a house; "We are remodeling these rooms".

Date "reconstruct" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1842. (references)

Synonyms: Reconstruct

Synonyms: construct (v), rebuild (v), redo (v), remodel (v), retrace (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Restoration	Reconstruct, rebuild, reorganize, reconstitute; reconvert; renew, renovate; regenerate; rejuvenate.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Tell me, when you saw Lecter's murders, their style, so to speak, were you able perhaps to reconstruct his fantasies? (Red Dragon; writing credit: Ted Tally)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Black Reconstruction in America: An Essay Toward a History of the Part Which Black Folk Played in the Attempt to Reconstruct Democracy in America, 186 (reference) Growth Amer Politics Vol 1 Thru Reconstruct (reference) Memory Distortion: How Minds, Brains, and Societies Reconstruct the Past (reference) One way to reconstruct the scene (reference) The Prints of the Remondinis: An Attempt to Reconstruct an Eighteenth-Century World of Pictures (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Reconsider Reconstruct [IMPORT] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Shown is a series of four illustrations of breast reconstruction after a mastectomy, showing how the abdominal muscles (restus abdominus) are used to reconstruct the breast.Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Bosnia and Herzegovina	However, during the year, the RS allocated some funds to reconstruct Bosniak housing in Brcko, and allocated other funds for assistance to Serbs returning to the Federation. (references)
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	During the year, the mayor of Croat-dominated Stolac refused to issue a building permit for the Islamic community to reconstruct the mosque, claiming that the Catholic Church had requested permission to reconstruct a church that was on the site before the mosque. (references)
Economic History	Ukraine	The State Committee on Energy Conservation, in conjunction with the regional power distribution companies, has initiated projects to reconstruct town boilers and enhance district heating efficiency in the cities of Kyiv, Sevastopil, Dnipropetrovsk, Lviv, Kharkiv and Odessa. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Ronald Reagan	1981-1989	That is why we have moved to reconstruct our national defenses.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Reconstruct" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 92.11% of the time. "Reconstruct" is used about 266 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	92.11%	245	19,065
Lexical Verb (base form)	6.39%	17	85,106
Noun (proper)	0.75%	2	245,945
Noun (singular)	0.75%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	266	N/A

Expression using "reconstruct": reconstruct one's life. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "reconstruct"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		rivendos (re establish, reclaim, recondition, recuperate, redintegrate, redress, re-edify, reinstate, rejuvenate, renew, repair, replace, reproduce), rindërtoj (overhaul, realign, rearrange, rebuild, recondition, re-edify), rikrijoj (recapture). (various references)

Arabic		‏أعاد التشكيل (reset), ‏أعاد البناء من جديد, ‏أعاد البناء (rebuild, remodel). (various references)

Bulgarian		реконструирам (reconstitute, remodel, reshuffle, restore), възстановявам в паметта си (retrace), възстановявам (fix up, furbish, get better, give back, make good, mend, re establish, rebuild, recondition, recover, reedify, re-enact, regenerate, reinstate, renovate, repair, restore, revive, revivify), преустроявам, построявам отново. (various references)

Chinese		重建 (rebuilding, rebuilt, reconstructed, Reconstruction, reconstructive, reestablish). (various references)

Czech		rekonstruovat, přestavìt (alter, convert, rearrange, rebuild). (various references)

Danish		modernisere det rullende materiel (to modernise the rolling stock, to rebuild the rolling stock, to recondition the rolling stock, to reconstruct the rolling stock, to remodel the rolling stock, to renovate the rolling stock, to revamp the rolling stock). (various references)

Dutch		rollend materieel verbouwen (to modernise the rolling stock, to rebuild the rolling stock, to recondition the rolling stock, to reconstruct the rolling stock, to remodel the rolling stock, to renovate the rolling stock, to revamp the rolling stock), rollend materieel moderniseren (to modernise the rolling stock, to rebuild the rolling stock, to recondition the rolling stock, to reconstruct the rolling stock, to remodel the rolling stock, to renovate the rolling stock, to revamp the rolling stock), saneren (to reconstruct the finances, to rehabilitate the finances, to reorganize the finances). (various references)

Farsi		نوسازی کردن , احیاکردن (Resurrect, Revive), ازنوساختن . (various references)

Finnish		rakentaa jälleen (rebuild, re-erect), uudistaa (innovate, renew, renovate, reorganize, repeat). (various references)

French		reconstruire (rebuild, remodel), reconstituer (reconstitute, retrace, retrospect), rebâtir. (various references)

German		rekonstruieren (to reconstruct). (various references)

Greek		επανακτίζω, ανασκευάζω (confute, disprove, rebut, refute), ανασχηματίζω (realign, reform, reshape, reshuffle). (various references)

Hebrew		לשקם (re educate, rehabilitate, restore), לשחזר (recapture, reproduce, restore). (various references)

Hungarian		rekonstruál (retrace, to re-enact), helyreállít (do up, re establish, redress, renovate, restore, to accommodate, to put in repair, to recondition, to recruit, to refit, to renovate, to right, to set sg to rights), újjáépít (rebuild, rebuilt, to rebuild, to restore). (various references)

Italian		ricostruire (piece together, rebuild, re-enact). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		作り換える (to adapt, to convert, to parody, to reconstruct, to remake, to remold), 作り替える (to adapt, to convert, to parody, to reconstruct, to remake, to remold), 建て直す (to rebuild, to reconstruct), 建て替える (to rebuild, to reconstruct). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		たてなおす (to make over, to rally, to rearrange, to rebuild, to reconstruct, to reorganize), たてかえる (to pay for another, to pay in advance, to pay someone else's debt as a loan to him, to rebuild, to reconstruct), つくりかえる (to adapt, to convert, to parody, to reconstruct, to remake, to remold). (various references)

Korean		개축하십시�". (various references)

Manx		cur aayannoo er. (various references)

Pig Latin		econstructray

Portuguese		restaurar (bring through, do up, freshen, furcate, make up, re establish, realign, recondition, recover, redintegrate, repair, reproduce, restore, retrieve, rub up, to clear, to reset, to restore), refazer (realign, rebuild, recast, rehash, remake, remodel, repeat), reedificar (realign, rebuild, reedify), reconstruir (realign, rebuild, reedify, remake). (various references)

Romanian		rezidi (rebuild), reface (change, do over, do up, re establish, rebuild, recast, reclaim, recondition, recover, recruit, redress, reform, remake, remodel, repair, restore, retread, retrieve), reconstrui (overhaul, rebuild, recondition), reclãdi (rebuild). (various references)

Russian		восстанавливать (back out, deoxidize, indispose, re establish, reactivate, reassure, rebuild, reclaim, recover, re-create, recuperate, redintegrate, redress, reedify, reenable, re-enable, re-establish, refurbish, regain, reinstate, renew, renovate, revive, undelete, unremove). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		rekonstruisati. (various references)

Spanish		reconstruir (rebuild, reshuffle). (various references)

Swedish		återuppföra (rebuild). (various references)

Turkish		yeniden kurmak (re establish, reconstitute, redraw, reinstate, rewind), yeniden inşa etmek (rebuild), yeni baştan yapmak, kalkındırmak (uplift), imar etmek, bozup yapmak. (various references)

Ukranian		реконструювати (overhaul, realign, rebuild, remodel), відновлювати (continue, deoxidate, proceed, re establish, recover, renew, repair, restore, retrieve, solder). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "reconstruct": reconstructed, reconstructible, reconstructing, reconstruction, reconstructionism, reconstructionisms, reconstructionist, reconstructionists, reconstructions, reconstructive, reconstructor, reconstructors, reconstructs. (additional references)
	Words containing "reconstruct": preconstructed, unreconstructed. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Reconstruct" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: reconstructe, recontract. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "reconstruct" (pronounced rē'kunstru"kt)
10	-ē' k u n s t r u" k t	deconstruct.
9	-k u n s t r u" k t	construct.
7	-n s t r u" k t	instruct.
6	-s t r u" k t	destruct, obstruct.
5	-t r u" k t	trucked.
3	-u" k t	abduct, bucked, chucked, conduct, deduct, ducked, duct, fucked, induct, plucked, shucked, sucked, tucked.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-c-e-n-o-r-r-s-t-t-u"
	-1 letter: occurrents.
	-2 letters: construct, occurrent, trouncers.
	-3 letters: concerts, construe, corrects, counters, courters, currents, recounts, reoccurs, stuccoer, succorer, torrents, tortures, trouncer, trounces.
	-4 letters: concert, concurs, contest, contuse, corners, cornets, cornute, correct, cotters, counter, courser, courter, couters, current, curtest, cutters, encrust, entrust, nutters, outsert, recount, rectors, reoccur, retorts, returns, rotters, rouster, routers, scorner, scourer, scouter, scutter, snorter, stentor, stertor, stouten, stouter, tenours, tenutos, tonsure, torrent, torture, tourers, touters, trounce, trouser, truster, trustor, turners, turrets.
	-5 letters: censor, centos, cercus, cerous, concur, contes, corers, corner, cornet, cornus, corset, coster, cotter, counts, course, courts, couter, crocus, crones, crores, crouse, cruces, cruets, cruors, cruset, curers, curets, curser, cursor, curter, cutest, cutter, eructs, escort, nestor, noters, nurser, nutter, occurs, octets, otters, ounces, ouster, outers, outset, recons, rector, rectos, rectus, recurs, recuts, reruns, resort, retorn, retort, retros, return, roster, rotten, rotter, rottes, rouens, rouser, router, routes, sconce, scorer, scoter, sector, setout, snorer, soccer, sorner, sorter, source, sourer, souter, stoner, stoure, strunt, stucco, succor, tenors, tenour, tensor, tenuto, teston, toners, torten, tortes, toters, tourer, touter, trones, trouts, truces, truest, tuners, turner, turret, tutors, unrest, utters.
	Words containing the letters "c-c-e-n-o-r-r-s-t-t-u"
	+1 letter: contractures, reconstructs.
	+2 letters: deconstructor, overconstruct, reconstructed, reconstructor.
	+3 letters: deconstructors, overconstructs, preconstructed, reconstructing, reconstruction, reconstructive, reconstructors.
	+4 letters: countercultures, countercurrents, counterprojects, overconstructed, reconstructible, reconstructions, technostructure, unreconstructed.
	+5 letters: counterattackers, countercriticism, counterculturist, counterreactions, nonarchitectures, overconstructing, technostructures.
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