BUILD
What does "BUILD" mean?
To construct something by putting parts or material together.
Meanings
- To make or construct by assembling parts or materials. They plan to build a bridge across the gorge.
- To develop or increase gradually over time. She built a loyal audience over many years.
- The physical proportions of a person's body. He had the lean build of a long-distance runner.
- A compiled version of software, or the act of compiling it. The nightly build failed three tests. technical
Did you know?
- Before 'build' meant construction of any kind, it meant one specific thing: to make a home. It comes from Old English 'bold', a dwelling, so the oldest sense of building was always about somewhere to live.
Word origin
From Old English 'byldan', derived from 'bold' (a dwelling, house); to build originally meant simply to make a home.
Remember it
BUILD has a silent-looking U-I together - the 'UI' you 'build' first in any app.
A little poem
Stone on stone, the wall forgets the hand;
what you build outlasts the building of it-
a house remembers nothing of the plan.
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Wordplay
- The developer trusted the building but not the build - one stood up, the other kept falling over.
What it teaches
You build a thing once, but you build the habit of building every single day.
Quick facts
What does BUILD mean?
To construct something by putting parts or material together.
Is BUILD a valid word?
Yes — BUILD is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is BUILD?
BUILD has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does BUILD come from?
From Old English 'byldan', derived from 'bold' (a dwelling, house); to build originally meant simply to make a home.
What can BUILD teach us?
You build a thing once, but you build the habit of building every single day.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.