BUILDING Definition & Meaning

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building

[ bil-ding ]

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noun

a relatively permanent enclosed construction over a plot of land, having a roof and usually windows and often more than one level, used for any of a wide variety of activities, as living, entertaining, or manufacturing.
anything built built or constructed.
the act, business, or practice of constructing houses, office buildings, etc.

building

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noun

something built with a roof and walls, such as a house or factory
the act, business, occupation, or art of building houses, boats, etc

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of building¹

First recorded in 1250–1300, building is from the Middle English word byldinge. See build, -ing ¹

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Synonym Study

Building, edifice, structure refer to something built. Building and structure may apply to either a finished or an unfinished product of construction, and carry no implications as to size or condition. Edifice is a more formal word and narrower in application, referring to a completed structure, and usually a large and imposing one. Building generally connotes a useful purpose (houses, schools, business offices, etc.); structure suggests the planning and constructive process.

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The city's Mayor Gennady Trukhanov said: "The enemy has launched another massive attack on the city. Residential buildings and civilian infrastructure have been damaged in various areas of Odessa."

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Another factor which sometimes influenced behaviour was the design of college buildings, inspectors reported.

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He has the FCC going after others and is banning other reporters from working inside federal buildings.

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The woman, in her fifties, was found dead on Monday night after a fire broke out in a building in the city's Carabanchel district.

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Authorities may also want to consider avoiding building infrastructure such as schools, fire stations and wastewater treatment plants in areas “that we’ve shown are likely to become in the flood plain,” Dura said.

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