1 [U] the process of changing or improving the condition of sth or the way it works; the process of putting sth back into the state it was in before:
the reconstruction of the educational system * the post-war reconstruction of Germany * a reconstruction period
2 [U] the activity of building again sth that has been damaged or destroyed:
the reconstruction of the sea walls
3 [C] a copy of sth that no longer exists:
The doorway is a 19th century reconstruction of Norman work.
4 [C] a short film showing events that are known to have happened in order to try and get more information or better understanding, especially about a crime:
Last night police staged a reconstruction of the incident.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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This entry for reconstruction is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is reconstruction a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, reconstruction is tagged as noun.
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Yes — reconstruction appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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