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| Main Entry: |
build
 [bild] 
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | construct structure |
| Synonyms: | assemble, bring about, carpenter, cast, compile, compose, contrive, engineer, erect, evolve, fabricate, fashion, fit together, forge, form, frame, jerry-build, knock together, make, manufacture, model, prefabricate, produce, put together, put up, raise, rear, reconstruct, sculpture, set up, superstruct, synthesize, throw together, throw up |
| Notes: | billed is having a beak or having been presented a statement of costs or charges, while build is to construct |
| Antonyms: | demolish, destroy, dismantle, knock down, raze, ruin, take down |
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| Main Entry: | build |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase, accelerate |
| Synonyms: | aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, compound, develop, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, heighten, improve, intensify, magnify, mount, multiply, strengthen, swell, wax |
| Antonyms: | decelerate, decrease, destroy, ruin |
| Main Entry: | building |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | constructed dwelling |
| Synonyms: | architecture, construction, domicile, edifice, erection, fabric, framework, home, house, hut, pile, superstructure, ziggurat |
Example Sentences
- Construction of the building that will house the new college began last month.
- It constructed models of the building to give the subcontractors a chance to practice.
- The building was constructed so that students' rooms can be air-conditioned at some point in the future.
| Main Entry: | architecture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | design of buildings |
| Synonyms: | architectonics, building, construction, engineering, planning |
| Main Entry: | assembly |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | putting together |
| Synonyms: | adjustment, attachment, building, collection, connecting, construction, erection, fabrication, fitting together, joining, manufacture, manufacturing, modeling, molding, piecing together, setting up, shaping, welding |
| Main Entry: | augment |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make greater; improve |
| Synonyms: | add to, aggrandize, amplify, beef up, boost, build, build up, compound, develop, enhance, enlarge, expand, extend, grow, heighten, increase, inflate, intensify, magnify, mount, multiply, pad, piggyback, progress, raise, reinforce, strengthen, sweeten, swell, tag on |
| Notes: | augment means to add more of the same thing; supplement means to add something, usually to make up for a deficiency |
| Antonyms: | decrease, degrade |
| Main Entry: | benefit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | help, enhance |
| Synonyms: | advance, advantage, aid, ameliorate, assist, avail, be good for, better, build, contribute to, do for one, do the trick, favor, fill the bill, further, improve, make a killing, make it, pay, pay off, profit, promote, relieve, serve, succor, work for |
| Antonyms: | handicap, harm, hinder, hurt, injure |
| Main Entry: | calculate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan on |
| Synonyms: | aim, anticipate, assume, bank on, build, count on, depend on, design, intend, judge, plan, reckon, rely on, suppose, think likely, trust |
| Main Entry: | commend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | recommend, praise |
| Synonyms: | acclaim, accredit, advocate, applaud, approve, boost, build, build up, compliment, countenance, endorse, eulogize, extol, give a posy, gold star, hail, hand it to, hats off to, hear it for, kudize, laud, pat on the back, puff up, sanction, speak highly of, stroke, support |
| Antonyms: | censure, criticize, disapprove, rebuke, reprimand |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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