build in


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build in

vb
(tr, adverb) to incorporate or construct as an integral part: to build in safety features.
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Verb1.build in - make something an integral part of something else; "we can build in a special clause to make the contract better for you"
incorporate, integrate - make into a whole or make part of a whole; "She incorporated his suggestions into her proposal"
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build

verb
1. To make or form (a structure):
construct, erect, put up, raise, rear.
2. To create by forming, combining, or altering materials:
assemble, construct, fabricate, fashion, forge, frame, make, manufacture, mold, produce, put together, shape.
3. To create by combining parts or elements:
compose, configure, form, pattern, shape, structure.
4. To make or become greater or larger:
aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, build up, burgeon, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, grow, increase, magnify, mount, multiply, proliferate, rise, run up, snowball, soar, swell, upsurge, wax.
Informal: beef up.
5. To provide a basis for:
base, establish, found, ground, predicate, rest, root, underpin.
phrasal verb
build in
To construct or include as an integral or permanent part:
incorporate, integrate.
phrasal verb
build up
1. To achieve an increase of gradually:
develop, gain.
2. To make or become greater or larger:
aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, build, burgeon, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, grow, increase, magnify, mount, multiply, proliferate, rise, run up, snowball, soar, swell, upsurge, wax.
Informal: beef up.
3. To make known vigorously the positive features of (a product):
advertise, ballyhoo, cry (up), popularize, promote, publicize, talk up.
Informal: pitch, plug.
Slang: push.
4. To increase or seek to increase the importance or reputation of by favorable publicity:
ballyhoo, boost, enhance, promote, publicize, puff, talk up, tout.
Informal: plug.
Slang: hype.
noun
The physical or constitutional characteristics of a person:
constitution, habit, habitus, physique.
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Translations

w>build in

vt sep (lit, fig) wardrobe, proviso etc → einbauen; (fig) extra time → einplanen ? built-in
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