Definition of Build

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Definition of Build

Build

To erect or construct, as an edifice or fabric of any kind; to form by uniting materials into a regular structure; to fabricate; to make; to raise.

To raise or place on a foundation; to form, establish, or produce by using appropriate means.

To increase and strengthen; to increase the power and stability of; to settle, or establish, and preserve; -- frequently with up; as, to build up one's constitution.

To exercise the art, or practice the business, of building.

To rest or depend, as on a foundation; to ground one's self or one's hopes or opinions upon something deemed reliable; to rely; as, to build on the opinions or advice of others.

Form or mode of construction; general figure; make; as, the build of a ship.

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Build Quotations

With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.
Dalai Lama

This is the moment when we must build on the wealth that open markets have created, and share its benefits more equitably. Trade has been a cornerstone of our growth and global development. But we will not be able to sustain this growth if it favors the few, and not the many.
Barack Obama

Poorly secured nuclear material in the former Soviet Union, or secrets from a scientist in Pakistan could help build a bomb that detonates in Paris. The poppies in Afghanistan become the heroin in Berlin. The poverty and violence in Somalia breeds the terror of tomorrow.
Barack Obama

It's time to fundamentally change the way that we do business in Washington. To help build a new foundation for the 21st century, we need to reform our government so that it is more efficient, more transparent, and more creative. That will demand new thinking and a new sense of responsibility for every dollar that is spent.
Barack Obama

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
Warren Buffett

You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence.
Abraham Lincoln

Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.
Abraham Lincoln

To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.
Winston Churchill

We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.
Benjamin Franklin

Build Translations

build in Danish is bygge
build in Dutch is aanleggen, bouwen, construeren
build in German is aufbauen, bauen
build in Italian is edificare, fabbricare
build in Latin is condo
build in Spanish is construir

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