Definition
a building: a structure, a house, a construction
to build: to make, to construct, to erect, to assemble
This is an irregular verb:
I build / I built / I have built
a builder: someone who works in construction
Pronunciation examples
UK: Turn left at the big blue building.
US: This is the house that Jack built.
- "Philip : I am indeed lucky to have met a woman who shares my love of feminist literature, my strict vegetarian diet and above all, who shares my belief in a monogamous marriage built on celibacy."
- "Everyone must choose their own path, but thanks to the fine education that this school has provided for us, we have a solid foundation on which to build."
- "I've surfed every wave in this building, including the killer break in the first floor toilet."
- "I want you to take this ladder, and this rope, climb out of the building and open the door on the other side."
- "Re : We built a gym"
- "You rightly banned Icarus Quincy from the building for arguing that IcarusBot's calculations were less accurate than a human."
- "Please carry on as you were, and let's all pretend that there isn't a large, smoldering crater on the second floor of our building."
- "Innovative financial expert adept at building enterprise value"
- "You remember the new factory we wanted to build in Spain?"
- "But, before she could leave the building, she heard a cry for help..."
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