reconstruction
pronunciation
How to pronounce reconstruction in British English:
UK [ˌri:kənˈstrʌkʃn]
How to pronounce reconstruction in American English:
US [ˌrikənˈstrʌkʃən]
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- Noun:
- the activity of constructing something again
- an interpretation formed by piecing together bits of evidence
- recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract features which are then used to construct the memory during recall
Word Origin
- reconstruction (n.)
- 1791, "action or process of reconstructing," from re- + construction. In U.S. political history sense (usually with a capital R-), from 1865. It had been used during the American Civil War in reference to reconstitution of the union.
Example
- 1. That has made a slow reconstruction effort still slower .
- 2. Half of the building is closed for reconstruction .
- 3. Yoshio ando of the government 's new reconstruction agency says that temporary towns may be built next to existing municipalities .
- 4. Much reconstruction work was shoddy .
- 5. The jesuits sought to prevent reconstruction .