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to deconstruct

to deconstruct

1 7.1
Break a data structure into separate parts for use in code
  • verb
  • /ˌdiːkənˈstrʌkt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : descomponer
  • Each set was deconstructed into a total of 358 individual standards, benchmarks, best practices, or indicators.

Examples

  • The goal of this project is to deconstruct these documents into readable data formats.

    Blog text (34)

  • Although she's able to deconstruct the narrative the software creates, she's not able to get out of it.

    A.I. Rising (2018)

  • Now from there, you can deconstruct how software gets built.

  • So we need to deconstruct the process by which the market gets to that.

  • The lines of code in a video game cannot be deconstructed while playing; a world of limitations and barriers is created, and there you must play.

    Blog text (17)

  • The rationale for such a procedure was that if more than one construct were embedded in the scale, it would make sense to deconstruct the scale and explain the constructs separately.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Instead, chefs meticulously pour newfangled, deconstructed versions of old classics into Crucial Details.

    Blog text (24)

  • The team will deconstruct the software into its basic components to understand how it works.

  • To improve the app, we need to deconstruct the user interface and identify its key elements.

  • Before we can optimize the code, we should deconstruct it into smaller, manageable parts.

Synonyms

to break down
vsto deconstruct
213 2.8

To separate something into smaller parts to explain or study it

is a programming operation that unpacks composite data into variables
to dismantle
vsto deconstruct
64 4.2

Take something apart into separate pieces

is a programming unpacking action not physical removal of parts
to dissect
vsto deconstruct
43 5.5

To study something closely by breaking it into parts, for example a text or idea

is an automatic language feature that unpacks data into named variables
to disassemble
vsto deconstruct
19 3.8

To take something apart into separate pieces

operates in code to assign components directly to variables rather than physical removal
to decompose
vsto deconstruct
  • Specialized
9 5.5

To break a substance into smaller chemical parts using heat or chemicals

is about programming unpacking of data structures not chemical breakdown
to disaggregate
vsto deconstruct
  • Specialized
3 7.5

To separate something into smaller parts to study it

focuses on programmatic unpacking into variables rather than grouping for analysis
to dissever
vsto deconstruct
  • Formal
1 9.9

To cut or separate something into parts, often by breaking it

is a code-level unpacking that assigns parts to variables rather than splitting physically

Antonyms

to integrate
179 4.1

To join things or ideas so they form one whole

to assemble
169 2.9

To put parts together to make something like a machine or toy

How Complete

to deconstruct
  • Specialized
1 7.1
to unpack
117 1.0
to extract
166 3.9
to inspect
202 2.5

Surface Forms

deconstruct infinitive
deconstructed past
deconstructed past participle
deconstructing present participle
deconstructs third person singular

Morphology

deconstruct = construct (semi-transparent) = de + construct

The broad idea of taking a constructed structure apart is clear, but the exact programming sense of unpacking values into variables is a specialized technical use.

Etymology

The word deconstruct is made of the parts de- 'remove' and construct 'build'. So in computing to deconstruct a data object is to take it apart into its separate pieces, like opening a toy to see each part.