# build
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English bilden, bulden, bylden, from Old English byldan and bytlan, bytlian (“to build”), from Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan (“to build”), from Proto-Germanic *buþlą, *bōþlą (“house, dwelling, farm”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to become, grow, thrive, be, live, dwell”). Related to Old English botl (“building, house”). More at bottle.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɪld/
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪld
* 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.
** 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, stanza 6, page 140:It was a bridge ybuilt in goodly wize, / With curious Corbes and pendants grauen faire, [...]
** 1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 16:Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.
** 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:A chap named Eleazir Kendrick and I had chummed in together the summer afore and built a fish-weir and shanty at Setuckit Point, down Orham way. For a spell we done pretty well.
* (transitive) To develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process.
** 2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 27:The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you [...] "share the things you love with the world" and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention.
* (transitive) To increase or strengthen (something) by adding gradually to.
** 2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.
* (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.
    This code won’t build any more. Have you made any changes?

#### 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)

#### Conjugation

$^†$ Archaic or obsolete.

#### 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

* (antonym(s) of “to form by combining materials or parts”): demolish, destroy, ruin, wreck
* (antonym(s) of “to increase or strengthen by adding gradually to”): decrease, dissipate, weaken

#### Derived terms

* bookbuild
* build a better mousetrap
* buildability
* buildable
* build a bridge and get over it
* build a case
* build a fire under
* build air castles
* build artifact
* build bridges
* build castles in the air
* build character
* builddown
* build down
* builder
* build in
* build into
* build on
* build on sand
* build out
* build the plane while flying it
* build-to
* build-to-order
* build up, build-up
* build upon
* built different
* character-building
* checked build
* city-building game
* cobuild
* inbuild
* jerry-build
* misbuild
* newbuild
* new-build
* outbuild
* overbuild
* post-build
* prebuild, pre-build
* pro-build
* rebuild
* Rome wasn't built in a day
* self-build
* town-building game
* unbuild
* underbuild
* upbuild

#### Translations

Afrikaans: bou (af)
Albanian: ndërtoj (sq)
Amharic: መገንባት (mägänbat)
Arabic: بَنَى (ar) (banā)
Algerian Arabic: بْنى (bna)
Moroccan Arabic: بْنى (bna)
South Levantine Arabic: بْنى (bána)
Armenian: կառուցել (hy) (kaṙucʻel), շինել (hy) (šinel), սարքել (hy) (sarkʻel), կերտել (hy) (kertel)
Assamese: সাজ (xaz), বনা (bona)
Asturian: construyir
Azerbaijani: qurmaq (az)
Basque: eraiki
Belarusian: будава́ць impf (budavácʹ), пабудава́ць pf (pabudavácʹ)
Bengali: নির্মাণ করা (nirman kora)
Breton: sevel (br)
Bulgarian: строя́ (bg) impf (strojá), градя́ (bg) impf (gradjá)
Burmese: ဆောက် (my) (hcauk), ဆောက်လုပ် (my) (hcauklup)
Catalan: construir (ca), edificar (ca)
Chechen: хьал да (ḥʳal da)
Cherokee: (a house) ᎠᏁᏍᎨᎭ (anesgeha), (a fence) ᎠᏐᏲᎭ (asoyoha)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 建設 / 建设 (gin$^3$ cit$^3$), 建造 (gin$^3$ zou$^6$)
Mandarin: 建設 / 建设 (zh) (jiànshè), 建造 (zh) (jiànzào)
Classical Nahuatl: chīhua
Cornish: gwruthyl, byldya, derevel, drehevel
Czech: stavět (cs) impf, postavit (cs) pf, budovat impf, vybudovat (cs) pf
Danish: bygge (da)
Dutch: bouwen (nl)
Egyptian: (qd)
Esperanto: konstrui
Estonian: ehitama
Ewe: tu
Faroese: byggja
Finnish: rakentaa (fi)
French: construire (fr), édifier (fr), ériger (fr), bâtir (fr)
Ge'ez: ሐነጸ (ḥänäṣä)
Georgian: აშენება (ka) (ašeneba), აგება (ageba)
German: bauen (de)
Gothic: 𐍄𐌹𐌼𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (timrjan)
Greek: χτίζω (el) (chtízo)
Ancient: οἰκοδομέω (oikodoméō), δέμω (démō), μηχανάομαι (mēkhanáomai), πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi), ποιέω (poiéō), τεύχω (teúkhō)
Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
Hawaiian: please add this translation if you can
Hebrew: בָּנָה (he) (baná)
Hindi: तामीर करना (tāmīr karnā), निर्माण करना (nirmāṇ karnā)
Hungarian: épít (hu)
Icelandic: byggja (is)
Ido: konstruktar (io)
Indonesian: membangun (id), mendirikan (id)
Ingrian: rakentaa, stroittaa
Ingush: хьал де (ḥʳal de)
Irish: tóg
Old Irish: con·utaing
Italian: costruire (it), edificare (it)
Japanese: 建てる (ja) (たてる, tateru), 築く (ja) (きずく, kizuku), 建設する (ja) (けんせつする, kensetsu suru), 構築する (ja) (こうちくする, kōchiku suru)
Kannada: please add this translation if you can
Karachay-Balkar: этерге (eterge), кураргъа (kurarğa)
Kashubian: bùdowac impf
Kazakh: салу (salu), құру (qūru)
Khmer: សង់ (km) (sɑng), កសាង (km) (kɑɑ saang)
Kituba: tunga, kutunga
Korean: 만들다 (ko) (mandeulda), 짓다 (ko) (jitda), 건설하다 (ko) (geonseolhada)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: دروستکردن (drustkirdin)
Northern Kurdish: ava kirin (ku)
Kyrgyz: куруу (ky) (kuruu), салуу (ky) (saluu)
Ladino: fraguar
Lao: ກໍ່ສ້າງ (kǭ sāng), ກໍ່ (kǭ), ສ້າງ (sāng)
Latin: mūniō (la), aedificō (la), struō (la), construō (la)
Latvian: celt (lv)
Lingala: tónga
Lithuanian: statyti
Low German:
German Low German: boen (nds)
Macedonian: гради impf (gradi)
Malay: membina (ms)
Malayalam: നിർമ്മിക്കുക (niṟmmikkuka)
Maltese: bena
Maori: hanga
Marathi: बांधणे (mr) (bāndhṇe)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: барих (mn) (barix), босгох (mn) (bosgox)
Nepali: निर्माण गर्नु (nirmāṇ garnu)
Norman: construithe, bâti
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bygge (no)
Nynorsk: byggja
Occitan: construire (oc)
Odia: please add this translation if you can
Old English: timbran
Old Norse: byggja
Oromo: ijaaruu
Persian:
Iranian Persian: ساخْتَن (fa) (sâxtan)
Polish: budować (pl) impf, zbudować (pl) pf, wybudować (pl) pf, stawiać (pl) impf, postawić (pl) pf, wznosić (pl) impf, wznieść (pl) pf (buildings)
Portuguese: construir (pt)
Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: clădi (ro), construi (ro)
Russian: стро́ить (ru) impf (stróitʹ), постро́ить (ru) pf (postróitʹ)
Scots: build, big
Scottish Gaelic: tog
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: гра́дити impf, изгра́дити pf
Roman: gráditi (sh) impf, izgráditi (sh) pf
Shan: ၵေႃႇသၢင်ႈ (kàu sāang)
Slovak: stavať, postaviť
Slovene: graditi (sl) impf
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: twariś impf
Sotho: haha
Southern Altai: јазаар (ǰazaar), тӧзӧӧр (tözöör), эдер (eder)
Spanish: construir (es), edificar (es)
Swahili: kujenga
Swedish: anlägga (sv), bygga (sv), förfärdiga (sv), uppföra (sv), uppresa, upprätta (sv)
Sylheti: ꠛꠣꠘꠣꠘꠤ (banani), ꠢꠣꠎꠣ (haza)
Tajik: сохтан (tg) (soxtan)
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Tatar: төзү (tözü), ясау (yasaw)
Telugu: please add this translation if you can
Thai: ก่อ (th) (gɔ̀ɔ), สร้าง (th) (sâang), ก่อสร้าง (th) (gɔ̀ɔ-sâang)
Tibetan: བརྒྱབ (brgyab), བཟོས (bzos)
Turkish: yapmak (tr), inşa etmek (tr), kurmak (tr)
Ukrainian: будува́ти (uk) impf (buduváty), збудува́ти pf (zbuduváty)
Urdu: تَعْمِیر کَرْنا (ta'mīr karnā)
Uyghur: سالماق (salmaq), قىلماق (qilmaq)
Uzbek: qurmoq (uz), solmoq (uz)
Venetan: costruir
Vietnamese: xây (vi), xây dựng (vi)
Volapük: bumön (vo)
Walloon: basti (wa)
Welsh: codi (cy), adeiladu (cy)
White Hmong: kho
Yiddish: בויען (boyen), אויסבויען pf (oysboyen)
Zhuang: hwnj (building), caux (nest) :
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### Noun

build (countable and uncountable, plural builds)
* (countable, uncountable) The physique of a human or animal body, or other object; constitution or structure.
    Rugby players are of sturdy build.
** 1981 February 7, Nancy Walker, “A Gentle Guy”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 28, page 13:According to the prevailing adolescent criteria Roger was not good looking. He had no build and did not give off very assertive, let alone aggressive vibrations.
* (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.
* (countable) The process or period of constructing a physical object.
    This new Lego set was a very nice build.
* (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.

#### Derived terms

* sleeper build

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ Terminology Search - Microsoft Language Portal

## Chinese
### Etymology

From clipping of English building. Compare Japanese ビル.

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): biu$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: biu$^1$
*** Yale: bīu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: biu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: biu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /piːu̯⁵⁵/

### Noun

build
* (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial, only in compounds) building
    main build [Cantonese] ― ming$^1$ biu$^1$ [Jyutping] ― main building