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build
English
Etymology
From Middle English bilden, from Old English byldan (“to build, construct”), from Proto-Germanic *buþlijan? (“to build”), from Proto-Germanic *buþl?, *b?þl? (“house, dwelling, farm”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?uH- (“to become, grow, thrive, be, live, dwell”). Related to Old English bold (“abode, house, dwelling-place, mansion, hall, castle, temple”). More at bottle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?ld/
- Rhymes: -?ld
- Homophone: billed
Verb
build (third-person singular simple present builds, present participle building, simple past and past participle built or (archaic or poetic) builded)
- (transitive) To form (something) by combining materials or parts.
- (transitive) To develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process.
- (transitive) To increase or strengthen (something) by adding gradually to.
- (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 source code) To be converted into software by compilation, usually with minimal human intervention.
Conjugation
Usage notes
- The simple past tense and past participle used to be builded; however, that form is now archaic, having been superseded by the form built.
- I have seen Him in the watchfires of a hundred circling camps / They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps. (Julia Ward Howe, Battle Hymn of the Republic - 1861)
Synonyms
- (to form by combining materials or parts): construct, erect
- (to develop or give form to according to a plan or process): create
- (to increase or strengthen by adding gradually to): build up, enlarge, increase, strengthen
- (to establish a basis for): base, found, ground
Antonyms
- (to form by combining materials or parts): demolish, destroy, ruin, wreck
- (to increase or strengthen by adding gradually to): decrease, dissipate, weaken
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
build (countable and uncountable, plural builds)
- (countable, uncountable) The physique of a human body; constitution or structure of a human body.
- Rugby players are of sturdy build.
- (computing, countable) 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.
- (gaming, slang, countable) A structure, such as a building, statue, pool or forest, or a configuration of a character's items or skills, created by the player.
- I made a build that looked like the Parthenon in that game.
- 2005, Bill Slavicsek, Richard Baker, Dungeons & Dragons For Dummies (page 279)
- In fact, thousands of D&D players constantly debate the virtues of various character builds (combinations of race, class, feat, and spell choices) and share their efforts with each other in hundreds of message boards and mailing lists.
Translations
build From the web:
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- what building does congress meet in
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- what builds muscle
- what buildings are housed in the current capital
- what builds credit
- what building is the legislative branch in
- what building is the judicial branch in
obtain
English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman obtenir, optiner et al., and Middle French obtenir, from Latin obtin?re (“to gain, achieve, succeed, possess”), from ob- + ten?re (“to hold”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?te?n/
- Rhymes: -e?n
- Homophone: abthane
Verb
obtain (third-person singular simple present obtains, present participle obtaining, simple past and past participle obtained)
- (transitive) To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way. [from 15th c.]
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke XVIII:
- And a certayne ruler axed him: sayinge: Goode Master: what ought I to do, to obtaine eternall lyfe?
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke XVIII:
- (intransitive, obsolete) To secure (that) a specific objective or state of affairs be reached. [15th–19th c.]
- 1722, Daniel Defoe, Colonel Jack:
- he was condemned to die for the felony, and being so well known for an old offender, had certainly died, but the merchant, upon his earnest application, had obtained that he should be transported, on condition that he restored all the rest of his bills, which he had done accordingly.
- 1722, Daniel Defoe, Colonel Jack:
- (intransitive, obsolete) To prevail, be victorious; to succeed. [15th–19th c.]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.2:
- “O daughter deare!” (said she) “despeire no whit; / For never sore but might a salve obtain [...].”
- 1701, Jonathan Swift, Contests and Dissentions in Athens and Rome:
- This, though it failed at present, yet afterward obtained, and was a mighty step to the ruin of the commonwealth.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.2:
- (transitive, obsolete) To hold; to keep, possess or occupy. [15th–18th c.]
- (intransitive) To exist or be the case; to hold true, be in force. [from 17th c.]
- 1908, Jack London, The Iron Heel, ChapterXVII,
- Even though the Pervaise confession had never come to light, no reasonable doubt could obtain; for the act in question […] was on a par with countless other acts committed by the oligarchs, and, before them, by the capitalists.
- 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, Bantam Spectra, p. 460,
- But the hostage situation no longer obtains, and so Uncle Enzo feels it important to stop Rife now, […]
- 1908, Jack London, The Iron Heel, ChapterXVII,
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Bonita, boat-in
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- what obtain means
- what obtains and uses energy
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- what obtains energy from producers
- what obtains water and minerals from the soil
- what obtains oxygen from the lungs
- what obtaining ip address
- what obtained when calcium acetate is heated
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