BUILD IN Definition & Meaning

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build in

verb

tr, adverb to incorporate or construct as an integral part
to build in safety features

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Idioms and Phrases

Also, build into . Construct or include as an integral part; also, make automatic, concomitant, or inherent. For example, Frank Lloyd Wright liked to build in as much furniture as possible, not just bookcases but desks, tables, and the like , or We've got to build some slack into the schedule for this project . The literal usage referring to physical objects dates from the late 1920s. The figurative arose a decade or so later. Both are frequently used in past participle form, that is, built in .

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In “Sleep Dealer,” the main character, Memo Cruz, operates this robot remotely from Tijuana to construct a building in San Diego.

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At least 29 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a multi-storey residential building in the east of Gaza City, a local hospital says.

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With momentum building in state legislatures across the country to implement their own voucher programs and an ongoing dismantling of the Department of Education, Garcia’s advice to Americans is to keep schools public.

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However, some show the potential for another area of high pressure to build in from the north, bringing largely dry conditions again.

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A manhunt is under way in western Germany, after three bodies were found in a residential building in Weitefeld, in the Westerwald region.

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