| VERB | cognition | reconstruct, construct, retrace | reassemble mentally |
|---|---|---|---|
| creation | reconstruct, rebuild | build again | |
| change | reconstruct | cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically | |
| social | reconstruct, restore | return to its original or usable and functioning condition | |
| change | reconstruct, remodel, redo | do over, as of (part of) a house |
| Sounds | riy.kahnstrah'kt | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abduct ... viaduct: 19 rhymes with ahkt... | |
| Meaning | reassemble mentally. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Example | "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago" | |
| Synonyms | construct, retrace | |
| Narrower | etymologize, etymologise | Construct the history of words |
| Broader | speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose | To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds |
| Spanish | construir, desandar, reconstruir, rememorar | |
| Catalan | reconstruir, rememorar | |
| Nouns | reconstruction | recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract features which are then used to construct the memory during recall |
| Meaning | build again. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | The men reconstruct the bookshelves | |
| Synonym | rebuild | |
| Category | construction, building | The act of constructing something |
| Broader | construct, build, make | make by combining materials and parts |
| Spanish | reconstruir | |
| Catalan | reconstruir | |
| Nouns | reconstruction | the activity of constructing something again |
| Meaning | Cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Catalan | reconstruir | |
| Meaning | Return to its original or usable and functioning condition. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | restore | |
| Narrower | decompress, uncompress | restore to its uncompressed form |
| defibrillate | stop the fibrillation and restore normal contractions, usually by means of electric shocks | |
| rehabilitate | Help to readapt / readapt, as to a former state of health or good repute | |
| rehabilitate | restore to a state of good condition or operation | |
| reinstate | restore to the previous state or rank | |
| Broader | regenerate, renew | reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new |
| Spanish | devolver, restablecer | |
| Catalan | restablir, tornar | |
| Adjectives | reconstructive | helping to restore to good condition / condition |
| Meaning | Do over, as of (part of) a house. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | remodel, redo | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Spanish | reconstruir, rehacer, remodelar | |
| Catalan | reconstruir, refer, remodelar | |
| Nouns | reconstruction | the activity of constructing something again |
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