{
    "term": "build",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "build",
            "heSheIt": "builds"
        },
        "pastSimple": "built",
        "pastParticiple": "built",
        "ingForm": "building"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to make something, especially a building, by putting parts together",
            "sensetop": "build (something)be built from/of/out of somethingbe built in somethingbuild something for somebodybuild somebody something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They have permission to **build** 200 new **homes**.",
                    "contextForm": "build (something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to build a plant/facility/structure"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We **build** computer **systems** for large companies."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Robins build nests almost anywhere."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They don't have the money to build roads."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They're going to build on the site of the old power station."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **houses are built** out of local stone.",
                    "contextForm": "be built from/of/out of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "apartment blocks built in brick and concrete",
                    "contextForm": "be built in something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They had a house built for them.",
                    "contextForm": "build something for somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "David built us a shed in the back yard.",
                    "contextForm": "build somebody something"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Buildings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to create or develop something",
            "sensetop": "build something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They are trying to **build **long-term **relationships**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is important to build a network of like-minded colleagues."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to build a community/society"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We want to build a better life."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We focused on **building the business** one customer at a time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has built a reputation as a hard-working judge."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's built a new career for himself."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This information will help us build a picture of his attacker."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to become gradually stronger",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The tension and excitement built gradually all day."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "(to have) plans or dreams that are not likely to happen or come true",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "As a child he would wander round the boatyards, building castles in the air about owning a boat one day."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that a complicated task will take a long time and should not be rushed",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɪld/",
                "audio": "bu/build/build__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɪldz/",
                "audio": "bu/build/builds__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɪlt/",
                "audio": "bu/build/built__gb_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbɪldɪŋ/",
                "audio": "bu/build/building__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɪld/",
                "audio": "bu/build/build__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɪldz/",
                "audio": "bu/build/builds__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɪlt/",
                "audio": "bu/build/built__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbɪldɪŋ/",
                "audio": "bu/build/building__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English byldan, from bold, botl ‘dwelling’, of Germanic origin; related to bower."
}