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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
She means this literally: On set during “Black Bag,” the two discovered that each begins their day with an ice bath as a way of building focus.
Art may not even be a sturdy enough foundation on which to build a life.
The dentist shares the upscale Alhambra shopping center with Sephora and Sprouts Farmers Market, serving patients who might have had to trek to a medical office building in years past to get their teeth cleaned.
A 2023 report from the Federal Emergency Management Agency points out that, unlike scattered homes, “higher-density designs can be viewed as one large ‘building’ or development,” making them easier to defend.
Eighty percent of those polled backed tougher building codes to make homes more fire resistant even if doing so added to costs.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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