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building

[bil-ding]

noun

  1. 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.

  2. anything built built or constructed.

  3. the act, business, or practice of constructing houses, office buildings, etc.



building

/ ˈɪɪŋ /

noun

  1. something built with a roof and walls, such as a house or factory

  2. the act, business, occupation, or art of building houses, boats, etc

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • buildingless adjective
  • underbuilding noun
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51Թ 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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He has shown increasing frustration over a perceived lack of progress to secure a new deal that would be aimed at preventing Iran from building a nuclear weapon.

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Most people in education agree building positive relationships is the key to preventing violence in schools but teachers say they also need to be able to use "consequences" as well.

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“It was building as landscape, and landscape as structure. One continuous form.”

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Construction will also be hit hard by tariffs since sources of building materials include a significant level of imports from China, Mexico and Canada, the report outlined.

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Despite the rawness of the recent attacks, inside the Capitol building there was little visible sign of heavy security – and no metal detectors – on Monday afternoon.

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