building
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- n a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
there was a three-story building on the corner - n the act of constructing something
his hobby was the building of boats - n the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones
workers in the building trades - n the occupants of a building
the entire building complained about the noise - v make by combining materials and parts
- v form or accumulate steadily
Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border - v build or establish something abstract
- v improve the cleansing action of
- v order, supervise, or finance the construction of
The government is building new schools in this state - v give form to, according to a plan
- v be engaged in building
- v found or ground
- v bolster or strengthen
- v develop and grow
Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera
- Convert straw into building material Every so often, someone comes up with an invention so simple and clever that we're left wondering where it has been all this time.
- The council estimates that today at least 3% of new building starts each year have some Earth-friendly features.
- The delay of a new building couldn't have come at a worse time: a rash of new office developments are hitting the UK market.