Build Built Bɪld Site Power Station House Verb

• they have permission to build 200 new houses.
• robins build nests almost anywhere.
• they're going to build on the site of the old power station.
• a house built of stone

build

1. to make something, especially a building, by putting parts together
• They have permission to build 200 new houses.
• Robins build nests almost anywhere.
• They're going to build on the site of the old power station.
• a house built of stone
• apartment blocks built in brick and concrete
• They had a house built for them.
• David built us a shed in the back yard.
2. to create or develop something
• She's built a new career for herself.
• We want to build a better life.
• This information will help us build a picture of his attacker.
3. to become gradually stronger
• The tension and excitement built gradually all day.
4. (to have) plans or dreams that are not likely to happen or come true
• As a child he would wander round the boatyards, building castles in the air about owning a boat one day.
5. used to say that a complicated task will take a long time and needs patience

Extra Examples

• David built us a shed in the backyard.
• She’s built a new career for herself.
• They’re going to build on the site of the old power station.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they build
• he / she / it builds
• past simple built
• past participle built
• -ing form building

Word Origin

• Old English byldan, from bold, botl ‘dwelling’, of Germanic origin; related to bower.