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How to pronounce building in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms construction
Type of commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
Has types jerry-building
Derivation build


workers in the building trades.
Type Words
Synonyms construction
Type of creating from raw materials
Has types house-raising, grading, leveling, fabrication, erection, erecting, dry walling, crenellation, crenelation, ship building, road construction, shipbuilding, rustication, bricolage, assembly
Derivation build


his hobby was the building of boats.
Type Words
Synonyms edifice
Type of construction, structure
Has types signal tower, tavern, greenhouse, hall, hall of fame, health facility, healthcare facility, hotel, hotel-casino, house, tap house, house of god, house of ill repute, house of prayer, house of prostitution, house of worship, summerhouse, student union, student residence, library, medical building, ministry, morgue, mortuary, observatory, office block, office building, opium den, outbuilding, packinghouse, place of worship, planetarium, presbytery, residence hall, rest house, restaurant, rink, roman building, rotunda, ruin, sporting house, school, schoolhouse, shambles, slaughterhouse, skyscraper, shooting gallery, signal box, skating rink, apartment building, apartment house, architecture, abattoir, aviary, bagnio, bathhouse, bathing machine, bawdyhouse, bird sanctuary, bordello, bowling alley, brothel, whorehouse, butchery, casino-hotel, cathouse, center, centre, chapterhouse, club, clubhouse, volary, dead room, dorm, dormitory, theatre, eatery, eating house, eating place, theater, temple, telecom hotel, farm building, feedlot, firetrap, gambling den, gambling hell, gambling house, gaming house, telco building, gazebo, glasshouse, government building


there was a three-story building on the corner.
Type Words
Type of assemblage, gathering


the entire building complained about the noise.

Examples of building

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Little topsoil was left after the new building, so compost helps replenish that.
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Choate operates a wrecker service nearby and would store trucks in the building.
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Burris says some homeless people might have been using the building for shelter.
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Ferrelli said the loss is estimated at $4,000, including damage to the building.
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A partnership with United Cerebral Palsy provided funding for half the building.
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It's critical, of course, for someone who is remodeling or building a new house.
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The atmosphere inside the academy building on Saturday was upbeat and energetic.
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Tensions between Ahmadinejad and Mottaki have been building up in recent months.
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This will be huge building block of your overall relationship for years to come.
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More examples
  • A structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"
  • Construction: the act of constructing something; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats"
  • The occupants of a building; "the entire building complained about the noise"
  • (build) physique: constitution of the human body
  • (build) construct: make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"
  • Build up: form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"
  • In architecture, construction, engineering and real estate development the word building may refer to one of the following: # Any human-made structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or continuous occupancy, orn# An act of construction (i.e. ...
  • Building is the third album from Sense Field. It was released in 1996 on Revelation Records .
  • Building is one of the United Kingdomu2019s oldest business-to-business magazines, launched as The Builder in 1843 by Joseph Aloysius Hansom u2013 architect of Birmingham Town Hall and designer of the Hansom Cab. The journal was renamed Building in 1966 as it is still known today. Building is the only UK title to cover the entire building industry.