Phrasal Verbs With 'Build'

Build around phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Develop something on the basis of something else
    (Separable [obligatory] | International English)
    » Example: You should BUILD your share portfolio AROUND long-term investments.

Build in phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Incorporate something from the beginning
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: We are BUILDING encryption IN at every level.
  2. Meaning: Incorporate something from the beginning
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: We are BUILDING encryption IN at every level.
  3. Meaning: Incorporate something from the beginning
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: We are BUILDING encryption IN at every level.

Build into phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Incorporate something from the beginning
    (Inseparable | International English)
    » Example: Security has been BUILT INTO the project.

Build on phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Use something good to achieve more
    (Inseparable | International English)
    » Example: We BUILT ON our early successes.
  2. Meaning: Develop or improve a past achievement
    (Separable [obligatory] | International English)
    » Example: We BUILT the platform ON the work of earlier programmers.

Build up phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Develop a company
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: She BUILT the business UP from nothing into a market leader in less than a decade.
  2. Meaning: Increase
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: Tension has been BUILDING UP ever since the government passed the unpopular law.

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