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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

  1. verb To build something again after it was damaged or destroyed.
  2. verb To work out what happened in the past by piecing together evidence.

rehabilitate — full definition

  1. verb To help someone return to good health, function, or a normal life after illness, injury, or addiction.
  2. verb To restore a building, area, or system to good working condition.
  3. verb To restore someone's reputation or good standing.
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