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verb | noun
build1 /bɪld/ verb to make a building, bridge, road etcnounsbuild a house/home Hundreds of new houses are being built.build a road/railway line Instead of building more roads, we should be encouraging people to use public transport.build a bridge/tunnel A Japanese company won the contract to build the bridge across the harbour.build a factory/school/hospital/airport etc The firm is building a $20 million factory in Fremont, California.build a wall/fence/barrier Qin Shi Huang unified China and began to build the Great Wall.Other things that you buildBuild is also used about making other things such as cars and boats: Jaguar cars are built in the UK. The ‘Titanic’ was the largest ship ever built.You also use build about birds making their nests: The birds build their nests high up on the cliffs.When talking about tents, you say put up a tent (not ‘build’ it).prepositionsbe built of/from/out of sth (=using a particular material) The houses were built of stone.build sth on sth People built their homes on land near the river.THESAURUS: build construct formalbuilding | house | bridge | tunnel | road | railway line | airport | school | factory to build something, especially a large building, a bridge etc. Construct is more formal than build: The present building was constructed in 1860. | The firm is planning to construct hundreds of houses in the area. | They are planning to construct a bridge across the River Thames. | The tunnel was constructed using huge digging machines. | Constructing new roads is incredibly expensive. | A railway line was constructed across Russia. | The authorities have approved a plan to construct a new airport. | The council plans to construct two new schools. | Sharp will invest about five billion yen to construct the new factory in Mexico. | The houses were constructed out of bricks. put upfence | wall | barrier | tent | statue | monument | memorial to build or put something somewhere: The neighbours have put up a new wooden fence. | Can you help me put up the tent? | They are planning to put up a statue in Bradman’s honour. erect formalstatue | monument | memorial | barrier | fence | wall | tent | building to build or put something somewhere: The city authorities erected a statue in his honour. | The monument was erected by friends of Camus after his death. | Memorials were erected in the towns and villages, listing the names of local people who died in the Great War. | They erected a huge barbed wire fence along the border. | The Berlin Wall was erected in August 1961. | The army began erecting tents for the refugees. | The building was erected in the 1870s.Erect or put up?These words mean the same. Erect is more formal, and is often used about statues and other public monuments: A monument was erected in the city’s main square. Erect is often used in the passive. Put up is not normally used in the passive, and is the normal word to use in everyday conversation, especially when talking about fences and tents: Do you know how to put up a tent? (You wouldn’t use ‘erect’ when asking someone about this in everyday English.) assemblecars | trucks | computers | products | furniture to put all the parts of something such as a machine or piece of furniture together: BMW has announced plans to assemble cars in India. | The plant will employ about 400 people assembling personal computers. | The finished products are assembled at another factory. | The instructions tell you how to assemble the furniture.You can also say that new houses/hotels etc are going up or springing up (=a lot of them are being built): Fancy new homes are going up everywhere. New hotels and businesses are springing up all along the coast.
verb | noun
build2 /bɪld/ noun the shape and size of someone’s bodyGrammarBuild is most commonly used in the phrase of medium/heavy/slim etc build.adjectivesmedium/average build The thief was of medium build and wearing a light-coloured jacket.heavy build (=big and fat) The floor will not support someone of heavy build.slim/slender/slight build She was very strong despite her slender build. | Simpson was of slight build and shy in character.muscular/powerful/athletic build These exercises will help you achieve a muscular build. | She admired his athletic build.phraseshave the build of an athlete/rugby player/wrestler etc He had the build of a wrestler so I didn’t try to push past him.
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