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build - be engaged in building; "These architects build in interesting and new styles" |
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create create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses"
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architecture the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect
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build - improve the cleansing action of; "build detergents" |
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ameliorate,
amend,
better,
improve,
meliorate make amendments to; "amend the document"
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chemical science,
chemistry the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
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build - develop and grow; "Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera" |
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deepen,
intensify become deeper in tone; "His voice began to change when he was 12 years old"; "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password"
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build,
build up,
progress,
work up develop and grow; "Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera"
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build - order, supervise, or finance the construction of; "The government is building new schools in this state" |
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manage,
oversee,
superintend,
supervise be in charge of, act on, or dispose of; "I can deal with this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts"; "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old"
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build - found or ground; "build a defense on nothing but the accused person's reputation" |
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base,
establish,
found,
ground situate as a center of operations; "we will base this project in the new lab"
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build - build or establish something abstract; "build a reputation" |
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establish |
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create,
make create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses"
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build - give form to, according to a plan; "build a modern nation"; "build a million-dollar business" |
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develop expand in the form of a series; "Develop the function in the following form"
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