"deconstruct" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /diːkənˈstɹʌkt/ [UK], /diːkənˈstɹʊkt/ [UK] Forms: deconstructs [present, singular, third-person], deconstructing [participle, present], deconstructed [participle, past], deconstructed [past]
Etymology: de- + construct Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|construct}} de- + construct Head templates: {{en-verb}} deconstruct (third-person singular simple present deconstructs, present participle deconstructing, simple past and past participle deconstructed)
  1. (transitive, often figurative) To break something down into its component parts. Tags: figuratively, often, transitive
    Sense id: en-deconstruct-en-verb-mxALN9uN
  2. (transitive) To analyse in terms of deconstruction (a philosophical theory of textual criticism). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-deconstruct-en-verb-ANhVJoHJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 38 24 3 31 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 14 47 13 12 13
  3. (transitive) To analyse in general. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-deconstruct-en-verb-iOcbnDBH
  4. (transitive) To critique. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-deconstruct-en-verb-p02KTTWg
  5. (transitive, especially US sports) To destroy. Tags: US, especially, transitive
    Sense id: en-deconstruct-en-verb-EpapABEH Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: deconstructability, deconstructable, deconstructive, deconstructively, deconstructivism Related terms: deconstruction Translations (break down): 解構 (Chinese Mandarin), 解构 (jiěgòu) (Chinese Mandarin), purkaa (Finnish), déconstruire (French), dekonstruieren (German), abbauen (German), decostruire (Italian), 脱構築する (datsukōchiku suru) (alt: だつこうちくする) (Japanese), tukituki (Maori), desconstruir (Portuguese), dezasambla (Romanian), разбира́ть (razbirátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), разобра́ть (razobrátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), деконструи́ровать (dekonstruírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'break down': 33 9 7 16 35

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for deconstruct meaning in All languages combined (4.7kB)

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