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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
At a time when the land that racetracks sit on has become so valuable that developers are paying record sums to tear them down and build industrial parks in their place, buying a race that is run on city streets was a smart investment on a number of levels.
“In this era, you have to build a team one year at a time and obviously you’re hoping that you’re not going to have to totally start over every year,” Cronin said.
Two secondary schools could take on 600 extra pupils between them after plans to build a new school became too expensive.
Each one must pay administration, governance and management costs, which can build up – last year, they increased by £28m.
Fed up with Los Angeles traffic, Elon Musk launched The Boring Co. with two tweets in 2016, promising “to build a tunnel boring machine and just start digging.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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