Definitions for building

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building build·ing

Spelling: [bil-ding]

IPA: /ˈbɪl dɪŋ/

Building is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 136 anagrams from letters in building (bdgiilnu).

Definitions for building

noun

1. a relatively permanent enclosed construction over a plot of land, having a roof and usually windows and often more than one level, used for any of a wide variety of activities, as living, entertaining, or manufacturing.
2. anything built or constructed.
3. the act, business, or practice of constructing houses, office buildings, etc.
4. the physical structure, especially of a person; physique; figure:
5. the manner or form of construction:
6. 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:
7. Masonry. a vertical joint. the vertical dimension of a stone laid on its bed.

Verb phrases

1. build in/into, to build or incorporate as part of something else:
2. build up, to develop or increase: to strengthen. to prepare in stages. to fill in with houses; develop into an urban area. to praise or flatter.

verb (used with object)

1. to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials:
2. to establish, increase, or strengthen (often followed by up):
3. to mold, form, or create:
4. to base; found:
5. Games. to make (words) from letters. to assemble (cards) according to number, suit, etc., as in melding.

verb (used without object)

1. to engage in the art, practice, or business of building.
2. to form or construct a plan, system of thought, etc. (usually followed by on or upon):
3. to increase or develop toward a maximum, as of intensity, tempo, or magnitude (often followed by up):

Origin of building

First recorded in 1250-1300, building is from the Middle English word byldinge. See build, -ing¹

Examples for building

Cities which were decades in the building are blasted out of being in a night.

If there were people in the building they did not choose to show a light.

The building used to be an all-girls school, and when it was initially purchased by Fortune it was dilapidated.

Millions of dollars in renovation later the building is gorgeous—Clean, well-kept, organized.

The boards we used in the building had to be sawed by us two slaves with a whipsaw.

Home visitation is a great example of building political support the right way—by doing what works.

The most recent issue contains detailed instructions for building car bombs, and the magazine frequently draws up hit-lists.

Instead, now we are building bonds with nations that once were our adversaries.

But no more so than the Sodexo building maintenance man or the two cops who were also killed in the crossfire.

Nil admirari is the motto of the Man of Taste in building, where he is naturally at home.