build

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To form (something) by combining materials or parts.
2. (transitive) To develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process.
3. (transitive) To increase or strengthen (something) by adding gradually to.
4. (transitive) To establish a basis for (something).
5. (intransitive) To form by combining materials or parts.
6. (intransitive) To develop in magnitude or extent.
7. (transitive) To construct (software) by compiling its source code.
8. (intransitive) To be converted into software by compilation, usually with minimal human intervention.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The physique of a human or animal body, or other object; constitution or structure.
2. (countable) Any of various versions of a software product as it is being developed for release to users.
3. (countable) The process or period of constructing a physical object.
4. (countable, slang) A structure, such as a building, statue, pool or forest created by the player.
5. (countable, slang) A configuration of a character's items or skills created by the player.

Synonyms

construct

make

erect

create

form

establish

physique

shape

figure

set up

build up

frame

raise

produce

assemble

structure

put up

manufacture

found

put together

stature

construction

🚧

install

work up

invent

formation

fabricate

constitution

body

do

building

cook

🧑‍🍳

ramp up

lay

design

appearance

body-build

originate

habitus

repair

progress

develop

devise

compose

prepare

work

bod

model

lift

mold

Translations

construire

bâtir

bauen

construir

costruire

bouwen

construir

edificar

construir

édifier

errichten

aufbauen

erbauen

edificare

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɪld/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: bilden

Inherited from Old English: byldan

Cognate with Old English: botl

In summary

Etymology tree
Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan
Old English bytlan
Middle English bylden
English build
From Middle English bilden, bulden, bylden, from Old English byldan and bytlan, bytlian (“to build”), from Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan (“to build”), from Proto-Germanic *buþlą, *bōþlą (“house, dwelling, farm”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to become, grow, thrive, be, live, dwell”). Related to Old English botl (“building, house”). More at bottle.

Sentences

That day , the merchant gave the boy permission to build the display .