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Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-West Germanic*buþlijan
    Old Englishbytlan
    Middle Englishbylden
    Englishbuild

    FromMiddle Englishbilden,bulden,bylden, fromOld Englishbyldan andbytlan,bytlian(“to build”), fromProto-West Germanic*buþlijan(“to build”), fromProto-Germanic*buþlą,*bōþlą(“house, dwelling, farm”), fromProto-Indo-European*bʰuH-(“to become, grow, thrive, be, live, dwell”). Related toOld Englishbotl(“building, house”). More atbottle.

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    Verb

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    build (third-person singular simple presentbuilds,present participlebuilding,simple past and past participlebuiltor(archaic or poetic)builded)

    1. (transitive) Toform (something) by combiningmaterials orparts.
      • 1596,Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto X”, inThe Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] forWilliam Ponsonby,→OCLC, stanza 6,page140:
        It was a bridgeybuilt in goodly wize, / With curious Corbes and pendants grauen faire, [...]
      • 1892,Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, inThe Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.:Harper & Brothers, […],→OCLC,page16:
        Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance everbuilt 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, inMr. 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 andbuilt a fish-weir and shanty at Setuckit Point, down Orham way. For a spell we done pretty well.
    2. (transitive) Todevelop or give form to (something) according to aplan orprocess.
      • 2013 June 21,Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, inThe Guardian Weekly, volume189, number 2, page27:
        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 tobuild a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention.
    3. (transitive) Toincrease orstrengthen (something) by adding gradually to.
      • 2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, inThe Economist, volume408, number8845:
        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 brandsbuilt in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.
    4. (transitive) Toestablish abasis for (something).
    5. (intransitive) To form by combining materials or parts.
    6. (intransitive) To develop inmagnitude orextent.
    7. (transitive, computing) To construct (software) bycompiling itssource code.
    8. (intransitive, computing, ofsource code) To be converted into software bycompilation, usually with minimal human intervention.
      This code won’tbuild any more. Have you made any changes?

    Usage notes

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    • The simple past tense and past participle used to bebuilded; however, that form is now archaic, having been superseded by the formbuilt.
      I have seen Him in the watchfires of a hundred circling camps / They havebuilded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps. (Julia Ward Howe,Battle Hymn of the Republic - 1861)

    Conjugation

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    Conjugation ofbuild
    infinitive(to)build
    present tensepast tense
    1st-personsingularbuildbuilt,builded†
    2nd-personsingularbuild,buildest†built,builded†,buildedst†
    3rd-personsingularbuilds,buildeth†built,builded†
    pluralbuild
    subjunctivebuildbuilt,builded†
    imperativebuild—
    participlesbuildingbuilt,builded†

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    Derived terms

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    Translations

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    (transitive) to form by combining materials or parts
    (transitive) to develop or give form to according to a plan or process
    (transitive) to increase or strengthen by adding gradually to
    (transitive) to establish a basis for
    (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) to be constructed by compilation of source code
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    Noun

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    build (countable anduncountable,pluralbuilds)

    2. (countable, uncountable) Thephysique of a human or animal body, or other object;constitution orstructure.
      Rugby players are of sturdybuild.
      • 1981 February 7, Nancy Walker, “A Gentle Guy”, inGay Community News, volume 8, number28, page13:
        According to the prevailing adolescent criteria Roger was not good looking. He had nobuild and did not give off very assertive, let alone aggressive vibrations.
    3. (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 prototypebuild to beta testers.
    4. (countable) The process or period of constructing a physical object.
      This new Lego set was a very nicebuild.
    5. (gaming, slang, countable) Astructure, such as abuilding,statue,pool orforest, or a configuration of a character's items or skills, created by theplayer.
      I made abuild that looked like the Parthenon in that game.
      • 2005, Bill Slavicsek, Richard Baker,Dungeons & Dragons For Dummies, page279:
        In fact, thousands of D&D players constantly debate the virtues of various characterbuilds (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

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    Translations

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    physique
    any version of a software during its development

    References

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    1. ^Terminology Search - Microsoft Language Portal

    Chinese

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    Etymology

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    From clipping ofEnglishbuilding. CompareJapaneseビル.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    build

    1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial, only in compounds)building
      main build[Cantonese]  ― ming1 biu1[Jyutping]  ―  main building
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