reconstruct - Definition from the CONSTRUCTION topic - TECHNOLOGY

Topic: CONSTRUCTION

reconstruct
verb

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[transitive]

1 to produce a complete description or copy of an event by collecting together pieces of information:

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Police were reconstructing the movements of the murdered couple.

2TBC to build something again after it has been destroyed or damaged:

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The task ahead is to reconstruct the building.

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