Collocations for "building"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "building" in context.
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build
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- build a [house, building, shed, wall]
- build a [table, shelf, chair]
- build a new [world, company, future]
- build [a wall, an understanding] between
- build it yourself
- build with [cement, brick, wood]
- built (it) out of [wood]
- build and [maintain, install, manage, test, operate]
- build on a [cemetery, holy land, swamp]
- a [relationship, friendship] built on (mutual) [trust, respect]
- built this company from the ground (up)
- build up [your strength, the courage, energy, her confidence]
- build yourself up
- build upon existing [knowledge, ideas, theories]
- [rapidly, easily] built
- built to [withstand, suit, last]
- built into the [ground, wall, foundation]
- built for [speed, strength, weight]
- [plans, permission, licenses] to build
- of [strong, weak, large, medium, slight] build
- wish I had a [larger, smaller] build
- have a build made for [running, basketball]
- have a build for a [sprinter, swimmer, jockey]
- do not like my build
- a [new, modern, old] build of house
- this house is a [new] build
- is a [common, new, unusual] build (for)
- computing: check out this new build I learned
- [good, reliable, poor] build quality
'building' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Ministry
- abandoned
- above
- across
- alarm
- alone
- alternative
- annex
- any
- anywhere
- apartment
- architecture
- arena
- aspect
- attached
- automation
- barn
- battered
- beetle
- beneath
- billboard
- billion
- blackout
- blaze
- block
- blow
- blown
- blueprint
- board
- bolt
- bomb
- brick
- build
- burn
- burned out
- burning
- cafeteria
- caretaker
- castle
- cave
- cellar
- cement
- character
- characteristic
- clad
- clear
- closed
- collapse
- completion
- complex