RECONSTRUCTION


Meaning of RECONSTRUCTION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ri:kənstrʌkʃ(ə)n ]

( reconstructions)

1.

Reconstruction is the process of making a country normal again after a war, for example by making the economy stronger and by replacing buildings that have been damaged.

...America’s part in the post-war reconstruction of Germany.

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2.

The reconstruction of a building, structure, or road is the activity of building it again, because it has been damaged.

Work began on the reconstruction of the road.

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3.

The reconstruction of a crime or event is when people try to understand or show exactly what happened, often by acting it out.

Mrs Kerr was too upset to take part in a reconstruction of her ordeal.

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