Build

verb
bɪld

Noun

Verb

  • build or establish something abstract

    build a reputation

    Similar:Establish
    Type of:CreateMake
  • bolster or strengthen

    build up confidence

    Type of:Increase
  • form or accumulate steadily

    Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border

    Similar:Progress
    Type of:Develop
  • give form to, according to a plan

    build a modern nation

    build a million-dollar business

    Type of:Develop
  • be engaged in building

    These architects build in interesting and new styles

    Type of:Create
  • develop and grow

    Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera

    Type of:IntensifyDeepen
  • found or ground

    build a defense on nothing but the accused person's reputation

    Type of:BaseGroundEstablish
  • improve the cleansing action of

    build detergents

    Type of:AmendBetterImprove
  • order, supervise, or finance the construction of

    The government is building new schools in this state

    Type of:ManageSuperviseOversee
  • make by combining materials and parts

    Type of:MakeCreate

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