RECONSTRUCT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reconstruct mean? 

• RECONSTRUCT (verb)
  The verb RECONSTRUCT has 5 senses:

1. reassemble mentally

2. build again

3. cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically

4. return to its original or usable and functioning condition

5. do over, as of (part of) a house

  Familiarity information: RECONSTRUCT used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECONSTRUCT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they reconstruct    ... he / she / it reconstructs   
Past simple: reconstructed   
Past participle: reconstructed   
-ing form: reconstructing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reassemble mentally

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

construct; reconstruct; retrace

Context example:

reconstruct the events of 20 years ago

Hypernyms (to "reconstruct" is one way to...):

conjecture; hypothecate; hypothesise; hypothesize; speculate; suppose; theorise; theorize (to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "reconstruct"):

etymologise; etymologize (construct the history of words)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

reconstruction (recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract features which are then used to construct the memory during recall)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Build again

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

rebuild; reconstruct

Context example:

The house was rebuild after it was hit by a bomb

Hypernyms (to "reconstruct" is one way to...):

build; construct; make (make by combining materials and parts)

Domain category:

building; construction (the act of constructing something)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

The men reconstruct the bookshelves

Derivation:

reconstruction (the activity of constructing something again)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "reconstruct" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 4

Meaning:

Return to its original or usable and functioning condition

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

reconstruct; restore

Context example:

restore the forest to its original pristine condition

Hypernyms (to "reconstruct" is one way to...):

regenerate; renew (reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "reconstruct"):

decompress; uncompress (restore to its uncompressed form)

rehabilitate (help to readapt, as to a former state of health or good repute)

rehabilitate (restore to a state of good condition or operation)

defibrillate (stop the fibrillation and restore normal contractions, usually by means of electric shocks)

reinstate (restore to the previous state or rank)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

reconstructive (helping to restore to good condition)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Do over, as of (part of) a house

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

reconstruct; redo; remodel

Context example:

We are remodeling these rooms

Hypernyms (to "reconstruct" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

reconstruction (the activity of constructing something again)

 Context examples 

He was in an ecstasy, dreaming dreams and reconstructing the scenes just past.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

In this reconstructed animal of a dead world there was certainly a very great resemblance to the sketch of the unknown artist.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You can reconstruct the scene well enough.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A surgeon can reconstruct the breast in many ways.

(Breast Reconstruction, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

Scientists have identified special types of brain cells that may allow us to simulate the decision-making processes of others, thereby reconstructing their state of mind and predicting their intentions.

(‘Mindreading’ neurons simulate decisions of social partners, University of Cambridge)

I have tried to reconstruct it from the measurements.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

An algorithm used to reconstruct imaging data.

(Convolution Kernel, NCI Thesaurus)

Using these samples, the researchers were able to reconstruct the total lifespan and juvenile growth rates of trees that were growing during both industrial and pre-industrial climate conditions.

(Amount of carbon stored in forests reduced as climate warms, University of Cambridge)

A subfield of dendrochronology, which investigates the climatic effect on tree growth, and uses dated tree rings to reconstruct and study past and present climate.

(Dendroclimatology, NOAA Paleoclimate Glossary)

Phenomenon in a reconstructed image where true activity concentration of an object is not displayed totally in its corresponding pixels (voxels).

(Image Spillover, NCI Thesaurus)