- [uncountable] the process of changing or improving the condition of something or the way it works; the process of putting something back into the state it was in before
- the reconstruction of the educational system
- the post-war reconstruction of Germany
- a reconstruction period
Extra Examples- The country faces a huge task of national reconstruction following the war.
- a large-scale urban reconstruction project
- companies bidding for post-war reconstruction contracts
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- [uncountable] the activity of building again something that has been damaged or destroyed
- the reconstruction of the sea walls
Extra ExamplesTopics Buildingsc1- surgical reconstruction of his mouth
- reconstruction costs following the cyclone
- breast reconstruction surgery
- The bombed city is now undergoing extensive reconstruction.
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- [countable] a copy of something that no longer exists
- The doorway is a nineteenth-century reconstruction of Norman work.
Extra Examples- a historical reconstruction based on contemporary documents
- a life-size reconstruction of a Viking longboat
- a dramatic reconstruction of school life in the 1940s
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- [countable] an act of acting out events that are known to have happened, in order to try and get more information or better understanding about what happened, especially a crime
- Last night police staged a reconstruction of the incident.
- The police have staged a reconstruction of the events leading up to the murder.
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- Reconstruction[uncountable] (in the US) the period after the Civil War when the southern states returned to the US and laws were passed that gave rights to African AmericansCultureDuring Reconstruction US political and military forces controlled and punished the southern states. Laws were passed making slavery illegal and giving African Americans the right to vote and hold public office. White people in the South were upset by many Reconstruction practices, such as elections that put former slaves in state governments. This was one cause of the growth of the Ku Klux Klan.
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