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build
noun as in physical structure, form
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body, conformation, constitution, figure, habit, habitus, shape
verb as in construct structure
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assemble, erect, evolve, form, make, manufacture, produce, raise, reconstruct, set up
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carpenter, cast, compile, compose, contrive, engineer, fabricate, fashion, forge, frame, model, prefabricate, rear, sculpture, synthesize
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bring about, fit together, jerry-build, knock together, put together, put up, superstruct, throw together, throw up
verb as in initiate, found
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Example Sentences
The ballroom, he reassured the public when he announced the project in July, “won’t interfere with the current building.”
“It’s just, if we build this robot army, do I have at least a strong influence over that robot army?”
The war on the bachelor’s degree is the culmination of a broad skepticism of higher education that has been building for years.
She argued that Labour could achieve that by building a "fairer economy, an economy that works in the interests of the many, not the few".
Beijing may think the time is right to build its strategic reserves as oil prices have fallen.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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