rekonstruieren — meaning in English
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English meaning
- reconstruct verb To build something again after it was damaged or destroyed.
- rehabilitate verb To help someone return to good health, function, or a normal life after illness, injury, or addiction.
Senses
rekonstruieren is used for these senses in English:
- piece together (figuratively) To reconstruct an event or goal from incomplete or flawed elements.
- reconstruct To construct again; to restore.
- rehabilitate (transitive, North America, construction) To restore or repair (a vehicle, building); to make habitable or usable again. [from 19th c.]
reconstruct — full definition
- verb To build something again after it was damaged or destroyed.
- verb To work out what happened in the past by piecing together evidence.
rehabilitate — full definition
- verb To help someone return to good health, function, or a normal life after illness, injury, or addiction.
- verb To restore a building, area, or system to good working condition.
- verb To restore someone's reputation or good standing.