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build
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verb (used with object)
- to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials:
to build a house.
- to establish, increase, or strengthen (often followed by up ):
to build a business;
to build up one's hopes.
- to mold, form, or create:
to build students into skilled professionals.
a relationship built on trust.
- Games.
- to make (words) from letters.
- to assemble (cards) according to number, suit, etc., as in melding.
- to create (a character in a role-playing game) by choosing a job class and/or a set of attributes, skills, weapons, armor, etc.; spec:
If you want to build a Warlock, choosing Half-Elf for your race will give you more spells and magic resistance.
verb (used without object)
- to engage in the art, practice, or business of building.
- to form or construct a plan, system of thought, etc. (usually followed by on or upon ):
He built on the philosophies of the past.
- to increase or develop toward a maximum, as of intensity, tempo, or magnitude (often followed by up ):
The drama builds steadily toward a climax.
noun
He had a strong build.
- the manner or form of construction:
The house was of modern build.
- Computers.
- a version of a program after compilation, typically an update to an existing version made before the program is released.
- the process of producing a software build.
- a new version or update of data in a database or on a website:
frequent, incremental builds of data.
- (in a video game or tabletop role-playing game) a set of attributes, skills, weapons, armor, and other items chosen by the player that affect the character’s speed, strength, intelligence, etc., which may make the character more effective in some roles and less effective in others.
- Masonry.
- a vertical joint.
- the vertical dimension of a stone laid on its bed.
verb phrase
- to build or incorporate as part of something else: an allowance for travel expenses built into the budget.
to build in bookcases between the windows;
an allowance for travel expenses built into the budget.
- to expand, construct, or develop: The team used to manually build out its marketing email list, but now it's automatic.
They decided to build out the road network to connect the two towns.
The team used to manually build out its marketing email list, but now it's automatic.
- to develop or increase:
to build up a bank account.
- to strengthen.
- to prepare in stages.
- to fill in with houses; develop into an urban area.
- to praise or flatter.
build
/ ɪ /
verb
- to make, construct, or form by joining parts or materials
to build a house
- intr to be a builder by profession
- tr to order the building of
the government builds most of our hospitals
- foll byon or upon to base; found
his theory was not built on facts
- tr to establish and develop
it took ten years to build a business
- tr to make in a particular way or for a particular purpose
the car was not built for speed
- introften foll byup to increase in intensity
the wind was building
- cards
- to add cards to each other to form (a sequence or set)
- intr to add to the layout of cards on the table from one's hand
noun
- physical form, figure, or proportions
a man with an athletic build
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܾ·· adjective
- ·ܾ verb misbuilt misbuilding
- dzܳ·ܾ verb (used with object) outbuilt outbuilding
- ·ܾ verb (used with object) prebuilt prebuilding
- ··ܾ verb superbuilt superbuilding
- un·ܾ·· adjective
- ܲ··ܾ verb underbuilt underbuilding
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of build1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of build1
Idioms and Phrases
- light (build) a fire under
- built
Example Sentences
The White House on Thursday felt a bit like a building battening down for a coming storm.
But building a relationship with that new side of her family has not been easy.
They say the company that owns the building has stopped responding to requests for basic maintenance in recent months, since informing them that it will not renew their rental contracts.
“The hardest-hit properties are not luxury homes, but multifamily, commercial and industrial buildings — the very types we need to support housing production and job growth,” Smith said.
Existing California law requires any building with a dwelling unit to maintain “certain characteristics in order to be tenantable,” which includes maintenance of adequate heating and hot water systems.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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