building
noun/ˈbɪl.dɪŋ/
Etymology From Middle English byldynge, buyldyng, byldyng, buldynge, buldyng, boldyng, equivalent to build + -ing. Compare also related Middle English bold (“edifice, castle, mansion”), from Old English bold (“building, dwelling, house”).
1
The act or process by which something is built; construction.
- The building of the bridge will be completed in a couple of weeks.
2
A closed structure with walls and a roof.
- My sister lives in that apartment building.
- One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools[…]as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks.2013 July 19, Mark Tran, “Denied an education by war”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 1:
1 more example
- Why doesn't Italy finish their buildings2024 May 6, @thepunbible, Twitter, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2024:
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Mathematics, Sciences Synonym of Tits building.
- Derived terms
80 terms
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- Hypernyms
- structure
- Hyponyms
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- settlement, city, town, village, hamlet, apartment complex