re ‧ con ‧ struc ‧ tion AC /ˌriːkənˈstrʌkʃ ə n/ BrE AmE noun
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ construction , ↑ reconstruction , ↑ constructor , ↑ construct ; verb : ↑ construct , ↑ reconstruct ]
1 . [uncountable] the work that is done to repair the damage to a city, industry etc, especially after a war
reconstruction of
the reconstruction of Western Europe after the war
2 . [countable usually singular] a description or copy of an event or a place, which you produce by collecting information about it
reconstruction of
Detectives want to stage a reconstruction of events.
a reconstruction of a Roman villa