build

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ average, medium

▪ lean (esp. AmE), slender, slight, slim, small, thin

▪ heavy, muscular, powerful, stocky, strong

▪ athletic

PREPOSITION

▪ in build

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He's heavier in build than his brother.

▪ of build

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She is slight of build and very agile.

▪ with a build

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a small woman with a slim build

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verb

Build is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑builder, ↑developer, ↑engineer, ↑tension

Build is used with these nouns as the object: ↑addition, ↑alliance, ↑altar, ↑appetite, ↑application, ↑arch, ↑archive, ↑arena, ↑argument, ↑awareness, ↑barracks, ↑barricade, ↑barrier, ↑base, ↑boat, ↑bomb, ↑bonfire, ↑bridge, ↑building, ↑business, ↑bypass, ↑canal, ↑car, ↑career, ↑castle, ↑cathedral, ↑character, ↑church, ↑circuit, ↑city, ↑civilization, ↑clientele, ↑coalition, ↑company, ↑complex, ↑computer, ↑confidence, ↑consensus, ↑constituency, ↑cottage, ↑course, ↑credibility, ↑culture, ↑dam, ↑database, ↑defence, ↑democracy, ↑device, ↑dock, ↑dwelling, ↑dynasty, ↑economy, ↑empire, ↑endurance, ↑engine, ↑enterprise, ↑estate, ↑esteem, ↑expectation, ↑extension, ↑facility, ↑factory, ↑fantasy, ↑farm, ↑fence, ↑fire, ↑fireplace, ↑fitness, ↑flat, ↑fort, ↑fortress, ↑fortune, ↑foundation, ↑framework, ↑franchise, ↑friendship, ↑fund, ↑garage, ↑headquarters, ↑highway, ↑home, ↑hotel, ↑house, ↑housing, ↑hut, ↑identity, ↑image, ↑institution, ↑instrument, ↑lead, ↑library, ↑life, ↑link, ↑loyalty, ↑machine, ↑majority, ↑mall, ↑mansion, ↑memorial, ↑military, ↑model, ↑monument, ↑morale, ↑motor, ↑motorway, ↑muscle, ↑museum, ↑nation, ↑navy, ↑neighbourhood, ↑nest, ↑palace, ↑park, ↑partition, ↑partnership, ↑party, ↑picture, ↑pipeline, ↑plane, ↑plant, ↑pond, ↑pool, ↑prison, ↑profile, ↑prototype, ↑résumé, ↑raft, ↑railway, ↑rapport, ↑reactor, ↑relationship, ↑repertoire, ↑replica, ↑republic, ↑reputation, ↑reserve, ↑residence, ↑resilience, ↑road, ↑self-confidence, ↑set, ↑shelf, ↑shelter, ↑ship, ↑shopping centre, ↑shrine, ↑site, ↑skyscraper, ↑socialism, ↑society, ↑solidarity, ↑spacecraft, ↑squad, ↑stadium, ↑stamina, ↑strength, ↑structure, ↑support, ↑suspense, ↑system, ↑team, ↑telescope, ↑tension, ↑town, ↑track, ↑traffic, ↑trust, ↑tunnel, ↑understanding, ↑unit, ↑villa, ↑vocabulary, ↑wall, ↑wardrobe, ↑warehouse, ↑warship, ↑wealth, ↑weapon, ↑web, ↑website, ↑wing