1. To build or assemble something again after damage, loss or dismantling.
2. To infer or recreate a past state or sequence from evidence.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- reconstruct a structure
- reconstruct a model
On the page
The team reconstructed the model from surviving components.
The structure was reconstructed using documented dimensions.
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Word forms
- Base
- reconstruct
- Past tense
- reconstructed
- Past participle
- reconstructed
- Present participle
- reconstructing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- reconstruct
- Present continuous
- am/is/are reconstructing
- Present perfect
- have/has reconstructed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been reconstructing
- Past
- reconstructed
- Past continuous
- was/were reconstructing
- Past perfect
- had reconstructed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been reconstructing
- Future
- will reconstruct
- Future continuous
- will be reconstructing
- Future perfect
- will have reconstructed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been reconstructing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: reconstruct; reconstructs; reconstructed; reconstructed; reconstructing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: renewed assessment, explicit formulation, classification and framing. Disciplines: academic writing, formal analysis. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: reconstructs.
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