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built

[bilt]

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of build.



adjective

  1. Informal.

    1. of sound or sturdy construction.

      These cars are really built.

    2. having a good physique or figure.

      That lifeguard is really built!

  2. Nautical.noting any member or part of a vessel assembled from pieces.

    built frame; built spar.

built

/ ɪ /

verb

  1. the past tense and past participle of build

“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

  • well-built adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of built1

First recorded in 1560–70, for the adjective
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Idioms and Phrases

see made (built) to order; not built that way; Rome wasn't built in a day. Also see under build.
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In the course of feeding this demographic, members of Ktown for All built connections with the neighborhood’s street vendors.

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Later in the day, violence broke out when a number of people wearing masks broke away from the peaceful protest, built barricades and attacked properties on Clonavon Terrace.

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But on Thursday, the prime minister's official spokesman refused to comment on whether new accommodation would be built.

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Proud of this accomplishment and the program he has built.

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As he told me in 2017, “I had my little girl, and I got married. All that trust, I built it, little by little with my family members,” he said.

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