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- [bild uhp]
- /bɪld ʌp/
- /bɪld ʌp/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [bild uhp]
- /bɪld ʌp/
Definitions of build up words
- phrasal verb build up If you build up something or if it builds up, it gradually becomes bigger, for example because more is added to it. 3
- phrasal verb build up If you build someone up, you help them to feel stronger or more confident, especially when they have had a bad experience or have been ill. 3
- phrasal verb build up If you build someone or something up, you make them seem important or exciting, for example by talking about them a lot. 3
- countable noun build up A build-up is a gradual increase in something. 3
- countable noun build up The build-up to an event is the way that journalists, advertisers, or other people talk about it a lot in the period of time immediately before it, and try to make it seem important and exciting. 3
- verb build up to construct gradually, systematically, and in stages 3
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Origin of build up
First appearance:
before 1925 One of the 11% newest English words
1925-30, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase build up
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Build up
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
build up popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
build up usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for build up
verb build up
- develop — When something develops, it grows or changes over a period of time and usually becomes more advanced, complete, or severe.
- strengthen — to make stronger; give strength to.
- intensify — to make intense or more intense.
- increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- reinforce — to strengthen with some added piece, support, or material: to reinforce a wall.
Antonyms for build up
verb build up
- decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- lessen — to become less.
- weaken — to make weak or weaker.
- dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
- subtract — to withdraw or take away, as a part from a whole.
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