to reconstruct
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4.8
- verb
- /ˌriːkənˈstrʌkt/
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reconstruir
- Scientists are working hard to reconstruct the climate conditions of the prehistoric era based on ice core samples.
- reconstruct history
- reconstruct the past
- reconstruct the events
You can start with particles and reconstruct why they're described by fields.
- You can start with particles and reconstruct why they're described by fields.
- But I would still like to delve into his mindset and reconstruct his mind.
- And so all he did is reconstruct in his brain, his entire spine.
- And so I cook and I actually tried to reconstruct what I do in that recipe.
- And so the narrator is going to reconstruct that line of reasoning like this.
- Depending on the tools you use, you might use this tree to then reconstruct the ancestors as well.
- And I remember lying on my bed coming back from this experience, kind of reconstructing my human self.
- However, there is a way in which you can get people to reconstruct Bayesian reasoning on their own.
Examples
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We can imagine and try to reconstruct what happened from that point on.
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Let us then try to reconstruct your thought process at the time of the crime.
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From that recorded data, can we reconstruct where the handle is?
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And it can be interesting to to reconstruct how we went from A to B.
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And that I can use the original as much as possible to reconstruct what was there.
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It's, it's our first real ability to try and reconstruct the history of another planet.
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In doing that, we can then reconstruct the image.
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I tried to reconstruct what happened out there.
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We're trying to reconstruct some payroll records.
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The social maps and the video allowed the students to understand and reconstruct the lunchroom and other key locations.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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4.5
To make an idea or argument by joining different parts
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5.5
To imagine a scene clearly in your mind
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7.0
Form something again after it has been destroyed or changed
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4.4
To think back over the events or steps that led to something
Picture a past scene again in your mind
To recreate a sound or image from information, for example from separate tracks
To take new pictures or scans to check for changes
How Accurate
Surface Forms
Morphology
reconstruct = construct (semi-transparent) = re + con + struct
The sense 'form again from evidence or data' is related to 'construct again', but the inferential or computational use is a metaphorical extension rather than a fully predictable literal one.
Etymology
Reconstruct combines re- 'again' and construct 'to build', the same idea you see in construction. A helpful way to remember the sense is that you 'build again' a picture or model in your mind from the facts, which is why investigators 'reconstruct' events.