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build·ing

(bĭl′dĭng)
n.
1. Something that is built, as for human habitation; a structure.
2. The act, process, art, or occupation of constructing.
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building

(ˈbɪldɪŋ)
n
1. (Building) something built with a roof and walls, such as a house or factory
2. (Building) the act, business, occupation, or art of building houses, boats, etc
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build•ing

(ˈbɪl dɪŋ)

n.
1. any relatively permanent enclosed structure on a plot of land, having a roof and usu. windows.
2. anything built or constructed.
3. the act, business, or practice of constructing houses, office buildings, etc.
[1250–1300]
build′ing•less, adj.
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Building

a flock of rooks, 1470 [from their nesting habits].
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Noun 1. [画像:building - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place]building - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"
abattoir, butchery, slaughterhouse, shambles - a building where animals are butchered
annex, annexe, wing, extension - an addition that extends a main building
antechamber, anteroom, entrance hall, foyer, lobby, vestibule, hall - a large entrance or reception room or area
apartment building, apartment house - a building that is divided into apartments
architecture - an architectural product or work
aviary, bird sanctuary, volary - a building where birds are kept
bathhouse, bathing machine - a building containing dressing rooms for bathers
bowling alley - a building that contains several alleys for bowling
center, centre - a building dedicated to a particular activity; "they were raising money to build a new center for research"
chapterhouse - a building attached to a monastery or cathedral; used as a meeting place for the chapter
clubhouse, club - a building that is occupied by a social club; "the clubhouse needed a new roof"
quoin, corner - (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone
nook, corner - an interior angle formed by two meeting walls; "a piano was in one corner of the room"
cornerstone - a stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls
cornerstone - a stone in the exterior of a large and important building; usually carved with a date and laid with appropriate ceremonies
courtyard, court - an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings; "the house was built around an inner court"
cullis - a gutter in a roof
dorm, dormitory, residence hall, student residence, hall - a college or university building containing living quarters for students
elevator, lift - lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
exterior door, outside door - a doorway that allows entrance to or exit from a building
farm building - a building on a farm
feedlot - a building where livestock are fattened for market
firetrap - a building that would be hard to escape from if it were to catch fire
storey, floor, story, level - a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?"
foundation stone - a stone laid at a ceremony to mark the founding of a new building
gambling den, gambling hell, gambling house, gaming house - a public building in which a variety of games of chance can be played (operated as a business)
gazebo, summerhouse - a small roofed building affording shade and rest
government building - a building that houses a branch of government
glasshouse, greenhouse, nursery - a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions
hall - a large building for meetings or entertainment
hall - a large building used by a college or university for teaching or research; "halls of learning"
Hall of Fame - a building containing trophies honoring famous people
heating plant, heating system, heating, heat - utility to warm a building; "the heating system wasn't working"; "they have radiant heating"
hotel - a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
casino-hotel, hotel-casino - a building that houses both a hotel and a casino
house - a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families; "he has a house on Cape Cod"; "she felt she had to get out of the house"
house - a building in which something is sheltered or located; "they had a large carriage house"
interior door - a door that closes off rooms within a building
library - a building that houses a collection of books and other materials
health facility, healthcare facility, medical building - building where medicine is practiced
ministry - building where the business of a government department is transacted
dead room, morgue, mortuary - a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation
observatory - a building designed and equipped to observe astronomical phenomena
2. [画像:building - the act of constructing something]building - the act of constructing something; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats"
creating from raw materials - the act of creating something that is different from the materials that went into it
crenelation, crenellation - the action of constructing ramparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows
erecting, erection - the act of building or putting up
house-raising - construction by a group of neighbors
assembly, fabrication - the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)
dry walling - the activity of building stone walls without mortar
leveling, grading - changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface
road construction - the construction of roads
ship building, shipbuilding - the construction of ships
rustication - the construction of masonry or brickwork in a rustic manner
reface - provide with a new facing; "The building was refaced with beautiful stones"
wattle - build of or with wattle
frame up, frame - construct by fitting or uniting parts together
rebuild, reconstruct - build again; "The house was rebuild after it was hit by a bomb"
groin - build with groins; "The ceiling was groined"
erect, put up, set up, rear, raise - construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"
preassemble, prefabricate - to manufacture sections of (a building), especially in a factory, so that they can be easily transported to and rapidly assembled on a building site of buildings
3. building - the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones; "their main business is home construction"; "workers in the building trades"
masonry - the craft of a mason
house painting, painting - the occupation of a house painter; "house painting was the only craft he knew"
plumbery, plumbing - the occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building)
roofing - the craft of a roofer
sheet-metal work - the craft of doing sheet metal work (as in ventilation systems)
shingling - the laying on of shingles; "shingling is a craft very different from carpentry"
business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business"
jerry-building - construction of inferior buildings for a quick profit
4. building - the occupants of a building; "the entire building complained about the noise"
assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place
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building

noun structure, house, construction, dwelling, erection, edifice, domicile, pile They were on the upper floor of the building.

Buildings and monuments

Admiralty House, Althorp House, Alhambra, Angel of the North, Arc de Triomphe, Barbican, Beehive, Big Ben, Blenheim Palace, Buckingham Palace, Cenotaph, Charminar, Cleopatra's Needle, Crystal Palace, Edinburgh Castle, Eiffel Tower, Elysées Palace, Empire State Building, Forbidden City, Hampton Court Palace, Hermitage, Holyroodhouse, Houses of Parliament, Kaaba, Kensington Palace, Knossos, Kremlin, Lambeth Palace, Lateran, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Longleat House, Louvre, Masada, Mansion House, Monument, Nelson's Column, Pentagon, Saint James's Palace, Scone Palace, Taj Mahal, Tower of London, Vatican, Palace of Versailles, Westminster Abbey, White House
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building

noun
A usually permanent construction, such as a house or store:
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Translations
بناءبِناءبِنَاء دارمبنى
budovastavbastavebnístavitelství
bygning
ehitamahoone
rakennus
zgradagradnjaizgradnjazdanje
építés
bygging
建物
건물
aedificium
clădire
stavebníctvo
zgradbagradnja
byggnadhusbygge
ตึก อาคาร
yapı bina inşaatçılık
عمارت
toà nhàtòa nhà

building

[ˈbɪldɪŋ]
A. N
1. (= house, office etc) → edificio m; (at exhibition) → pabellón m
2. (= activity) → construcción f
B. CPD building block N (= toy) → bloque m de construcción (fig) → elemento m esencial, componente m básico
building contractor N → contratista mf de construcciones
the building industry N → la industria de la construcción
building land N → tierra f para construcción, terrenos mpl edificables
building lot N → solar m (para construcción)
building materials NPL → material msing de construcción
building permit N → permiso m de obras
building plot N = building lot building site N → obra f
building society N (Brit) → sociedad f de crédito hipotecario
the building trade N → la industria de la construcción
building worker N → obrero/a m/f or trabajador(a) m/f de la construcción
building works NPL → obras fpl de construcción
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building

[ˈbɪldɪŋ] n
(= process) → construction f
(= structure) → bâtiment m
a huge building → un édifice imposant
(= block) (residential, offices) → immeuble mbuilding block n
(fig) (= constituent) → composante f
building block (to play with) → cube mbuilding contractor n → entrepreneur m (en bâtiment)building industry n → bâtiment m, industrie f du bâtiment building site n → chantier m (de construction)building society n (British) → société f de crédit immobilier building trade n (= sector) → l'industrie f du bâtiment
to work in the building trade [bricklayer, labourer] → travailler dans le bâtiment building worker n → ouvrier/ière m/f du bâtiment build-up [ˈbɪldʌp] n
[gas, pressure, toxins] → accumulation f; [weapons, troops] → rassemblement m
(= preparatory period) → période f de préparation
in the build-up to sth → pendant la période précédant qch, pendant les préparatifs de qch
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building

n
→ Gebäude nt; (usually big or in some way special also) → Bau m; it’s the next building but one → das ist zwei Häuser weiter ; the buildings in the old town → die Häuser or Gebäude in der Altstadt
(= act of constructing) → Bau m, → Bauen nt; (of new nation etc) → Aufbau m

building

:
building block
n (in toy set) → Bauklotz m; (fig) → Baustein m
building contractor
n → Bauunternehmer m; buildings → Bauunternehmen nt
building costs
pl → Baukosten pl
building estimate
n → Baukosten(vor)anschlag m
building firm
n → Baufirma f
building freeze
n → Baustopp m
building industry
n → Bauindustrie f
building land
n → Bauland nt
building materials
pl → Baumaterial nt, → Baustoffe pl
building site
n → Baustelle f
building society
n (Brit) → Bausparkasse f
building trade
n → Baugewerbe nt
building worker
n → Bauarbeiter m
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building

[ˈbɪldɪŋ] n
a. (place) → costruzione f, edificio ; (block) → palazzo
b. (no pl, activity) → costruzione f
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build

(bild) – past tense, past participle built (-t) – verb
to form or construct from parts. build a house/railway/bookcase. bou يَبْني градя construir stavět, budovat bauen bygge χτίζω, κατασκευάζω construir ehitama ساختن rakentaa bâtir, construire לִבְנוֹת बनाना sagraditi épít membangun costruire 建てる 세우다, 짓다 statyti celt; būvēt; montēt bina bouwen, aanleggen bygge, anlegge, oppføre, snekre budować جوړول construir a construi, a clădi строить stavať, budovať (z)graditi graditi bygga สร้าง inşa etmek, yapmak 建蓋 будувати; споруджувати تعمیر کرنا xây dựng 建造,建筑
noun
physical form. a man of heavy build. liggaamsbou بُنْيثَه، تَرْكيب конструкция compleição stavba, postava die Gestalt bygning σωματική διάπλαση constitución, complexión kehaehitus هیکل muoto carrure מבנה निर्माण, बनावट stas alak tubuh forma; corporatura 体格 구조, 체격 kūno sudėjimas ķermeņa uzbūve susuk tubuh lichaamsbouw kroppsbygning, figur, fasong budowa هیکل compleição conformaţie, structură телосложение stavba postava građa kroppsbyggnad รูปร่าง fizik, yapı, boy bos 體格 будова тіла بھاری جسامت vóc người 体格
ˈbuilder noun
a person who builds houses etc. The builder who built our house has gone bankrupt. bouer بنّاء строител construtor stavitel der/die Bauunternehmer/-in bygherre; bygningshåndværker οικοδόμος constructor ehitaja معمار rakentaja constructeur/-trice בנאי, בנאית निर्माणकर्त्ता graditelj építőmester ahli bangunan costruttore, costruttrice 建築業者 건설자 statybininkas celtnieks; darbuzņēmējs (celtniecībā) jurubina aannemer byggmester; byggherre; bygningsarbeider budowniczy معمار construtor constructor строитель staviteľ, -ka stavbenik preduzimač byggmästare ช่างก่อสร้าง inşaatçı 建築工人 будівник تعمیر کرنے والا ، معمار người xây dựng 建筑工人
ˈbuilding noun
1. the art or business of putting up (houses etc) (also adjective). a building contractor. bou بِناء строене construção stavitelství; stavební das Bauwesen; Bau-... bygning χτίσιμο, οικοδόμηση construcción ehitamine, ehitus- ساختمان سازی rakentaminen construction בנייה इमारत građenje építés(i) seni membangun edilizia 建築 건축 statyba celtniecība bangunan kontraktor bouw; bouw- bygging budownictwo ماڼی جوړونه construção (de) construcţii строительство staviteľský; stavebný gradnja, gradbeni gradnja byggande ธุรกิจก่อสร้าง inşaatçılık 建築業,建築技術 будування, будівництво نیو ڈالنا ، بنیاد ڈالنا nghề xây dựng 建筑业,建筑技术
2. anything built. The new supermarket is a very ugly building. gebou مَبْنى، بِناء сграда prédio stavba, budova das Gebäude bygning κτήριο, οικοδόμημα edificio ehitis بنا؛ ساختمان rakennus bâtiment בִּנְיָן निर्माण građevina épület gedung, bangunan edificio 建物 건축물 pastatas celtne; ēka pembinaan gebouw bygning budynek ماڼی، ساختمان construção clădire, imobil, construcţie здание budova zgradba građevina byggnad สิ่งก่อสร้าง bina, yapı 建築物 будинок تعمیر شدہ عمارت công trình xây dựng 建筑物
ˈbuilding society
a business firm that lends money for building or buying houses. bougenootskap جَمْعِيَّةُ بِناء أو شِراء مَساكِن организация, отпущаща заеми на своите членове за построяване/купуване на жилища financiadora de imóveis stavební spořitelna die Baugenossenschaft kreditforening στεγαστική τράπεζα sociedad hipotecaria ehitusühing بانک رهنی hypoteekkiyhdistys société de crédit immobilier חֶבְרַת בְּנִייָה सोसाइटी निर्मात्ता građevina lakásépítő szövetkezet perusahaan kredit bangunan società di credito immobiliare 住宅金融組合 주택 조합 statybos kredito firma krājaizdevumu sabiedrība (celtniecībai vai māju pirkšanai) syarikat pembinaan hypotheekbank boligbyggelag; boligselskap towarzystwo budowlane ساختمانی ټولنه sociedade de empréstimo финансово-кредитная строительная фирма stavebná spoločnosť stanovanjsko kreditna družba preduzimačko društvo byggnadsförening องค์กรธุรกิจที่ปล่อยสินเชื่อเพื่อการสร้างบ้านหรือซื้อบ้าน yapı kredi kurumu, yapı kredi kooperatifi 房貸信用合作社 житлобудівна кооперація تعمیری انجمن hội chơi hụi để mua nhà 建房互助协会
ˌbuilt-ˈin adjective
forming a permanent part of the building etc. Built-in cupboards save space. ingeboude مُبيّت، مُبنى في داخِل вграден embutido vestavěný Einbau-... indbygget εντοιχισμένος, ενσωματωμένος incorporado sisseehitatud داخلی؛ توکار sisäänrakennettu encastré מובנה सन्निहित, आभ्यांतरिक ugrađeni beépített terpasang tetap incorporato, incassato 作りつけの 붙박이의 įstatytas, įmontuotas iebūvēts terbina dalam ingebouwd innebygd wbudowany ننی، داخلی embutido încorporat, zidit встроенный vstavaný vgrajen ugrađen inbyggd ที่สร้างเป็นส่วนถาวรในโครงสร้างที่ใหญ่กว่า yerleşik; gömme 內建的,嵌入的 вбудований مستقل طور پر اندر تعمیر شدہ gắn vào tường 内置的,嵌入的
ˌbuilt-ˈup adjective
covered with houses etc. a built-up area. beboude مشيّده، مُغَطّاةٌ بالبيوت окончателно застроен residencial zastavěný bebaut bebygget; udbygget πυκνοκατοικημένος urbanizado täisehitatud پر از ساختمان täyteen rakennettu urbanisé הצטברות विभिन्न भागों द्वारा निर्मित izgrađen beépített, lakott penuh bangunan urbano, abitato 建てこんだ 건물이 빽빽이 들어찬 užstatytas apbūvēts membangun bebouwd bebygd, utbygd zabudowany پر از ساختمان residencial construit (плотно) застроенный zastavaný pozidan izgrađen uppbyggd, [tät]bebyggd ซึ่งเต็มไปด้วยสิ่งก่อสร้าง meskun binalarla dolu 建築物林立的 забудований بہت سے گھروں پر مشتمل ، گنجان آباد nhà cửa san sát 建筑物多的,高楼林立的
build up
1. to increase (the size or extent of). The traffic begins to build up around five o'clock. opbou, ophoop يَزْدادُ увеличавам aumentar vzrůstat sich verstärken hobe (sig op) αυξάνω, κλιμακώνομαι aumentar tihenema, kogunema گسترش دادن kasvattaa accroître התגברות विभिन्न भागों द्वारा निर्मित povećati se növekszik meningkat aumentare 増加する 증가하다 didėti, augti palielināt; palielināties; pieaugt meningkat toenemen bygge/samle/hope seg opp wzmagać się پراخول aumentar a creşte нарастать vzrastať naraščati povećavati se öka, hopa sig, stegras เพิ่ม (ขนาด) ขึ้น artmak, birikmek 增多 зростати بڑھنا ، اضافہ ہونا tăng lên 增多
2. to strengthen gradually (a business, one's health, reputation etc). His father built up that grocery business from nothing. opbou, versterk يَبْني، يُطَوِّرُ تَدْريجِيّا засилвам construir vybudovat aufbauen opbygge αναπτύσσω σταδιακά, δυναμώνω crear üles ehitama توسعه دادن؛ گردآوردن vahvistaa créer, monter התעצמות ojačati felépít berangsur meningkatkan costruire; rafforzare; farsi 増強する 증강하다 (su)kurti, (iš)plėsti, (pa)didinti radīt; izveidot; nostiprināt (veselību u.tml.) mengasaskan opbouwen bygge opp, opparbeide, utvikle tworzyć, rozwijać, budować راټولول، پراخول construir a face/a rea­liza (treptat) создавать vybudovať zgraditi, okrepiti, ustvariti izgraditi bygga upp, skapa แข็งแรงขึ้น geliştirmek 逐步建立 піднімати بتدریج مضبوط ہونا xây dựng dần dần 逐步建立
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building

→ بِنَاء budova bygning Gebäude κτήριο edificio rakennus bâtiment zgrada edificio 建物 건물 gebouw bygning budynek edifício , prédio здание byggnad ตึก อาคาร yapı tòa nhà 建筑物
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