build meaning
EN
[bɪld] [-ɪld] 
US UK WBuild
- Build may refer to:
- The process of building or construction
- Physical body stature, especially muscle size; usually of the human body
- Build engine, a first-person shooter engine by 3D Realms
- Software build, a compiled version of software, or the process of producing it
- Build (song) a 1987 song by The Housemartins
- Build, a final version of talent tree
- Build (developer conference), a Microsoft developer conference
- Build (design conference), a web design conference which took place in Belfast, Northern Ireland between 2009 - 2013
- NounPLbuilds
- The physique of a human body; constitution or structure of a human body.
- Rugby players are of sturdy build.
- (computing) any of various versions of a software product as it is being developed for release to users.
- The computer company has introduced a new prototype build to beta testers.
- (Internet slang) a structure, nominally an abbreviation of building (see usage notes below).
- I made a build that looked like the Parthenon in that game.
- The physique of a human body; constitution or structure of a human body.
- VerbSGbuildsPRbuildingPT, PPbuilt
- (transitive) To form (something) by combining materials or parts.
- (transitive) To develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process.
- The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you [ …] "share the things you love with the world" and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention.
- (transitive) To increase or strengthen (something) by adding gradually to.
- Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.
- (transitive) To establish a basis for (something).
- (intransitive) To form by combining materials or parts.
- (intransitive) To develop in magnitude or extent.
- (transitive, computing) To construct (software) by compiling its source code.
- (intransitive, computing, of software) To be constructed by compilation of source code, usually with minimal human intervention.
- (transitive) To form (something) by combining materials or parts.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- The new building proposals in the village are arousing unneeded discomfort.
- The building was erected in two years, at the parochial expence, on the foundation of the former one, which was irreparably damaged by the hurricane of Auguſt, 1712.
- My nosey next door neighbor turned me in for building my garage without a permit.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door. misattributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Building on the case for tough-mindedness, King identifies the dangers of soft-mindedness. He writes that the soft-minded are prone to embrace all kinds of superstitions.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- Marcia Argust, former head of the Security Design Coalition, stands protected by a jersey barrier— a common blockade around the Capitol building.
- If you can afford a new computer, you might as well go the whole hog and get it custom built.
- A crowd of passers-by was gathering, waiting for the proposee to emerge from her building.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of build in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
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- Verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Verbs by inflection type
- Irregular verbs
- Irregular verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Nouns
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "build" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb, a transitive verb and a verbs by inflection type.