build up

build up
verb
1. enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages (Freq. 7)
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build up your savings

• Derivationally related forms: ↑buildup
• Hypernyms: ↑increase
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

2. form or accumulate steadily (Freq. 6)
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Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly

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Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border

• Syn: ↑work up, ↑build, ↑progress
• Derivationally related forms: ↑progress (for: ↑progress)
• Hypernyms: ↑develop
• Verb Group: ↑build, ↑work up, ↑ramp up
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

3. prepare oneself for a military confrontation (Freq. 2)
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The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East

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troops are building up on the Iraqi border

• Syn: ↑arm, ↑fortify, ↑gird
• Ant: ↑disarm (for: ↑arm)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑fortification (for: ↑fortify), ↑fort (for: ↑fortify), ↑armor (for: ↑arm), ↑armament (for: ↑arm), ↑arm (for: ↑arm)
• Hyponyms: ↑rearm, ↑re-arm, ↑forearm
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

4. bolster or strengthen
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We worked up courage

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build up confidence

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ramp up security in the airports

• Syn: ↑work up, ↑build, ↑ramp up
• Hypernyms: ↑increase
• Verb Group: ↑work up, ↑build, ↑progress
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

5. change the use of and make available or usable
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develop land

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The country developed its natural resources

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The remote areas of the country were gradually built up

• Syn: ↑develop
• Derivationally related forms: ↑development (for: ↑develop), ↑developer (for: ↑develop)
• Hypernyms: ↑better, ↑improve, ↑amend, ↑ameliorate, ↑meliorate
• Hyponyms: ↑redevelop, ↑settle
• Verb Group:
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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build up [phrasal verb]
1 : to increase gradually in amount as time passes : ↑accumulate

They pick up the garbage that builds up [=collects] along the highway.

Dust has begun building up on his piano.

These dangerous chemicals are building up in our lakes and ponds.

2 build (something or someone) up or build up (something or someone) : to say many good things about (something or someone)

Political candidates are trying to build themselves up [=promote themselves] with public speeches and TV commercials.

The movie was built up so much [=we heard so many good things about the movie] that we were disappointed when we actually saw it.

— see also ↑build 2, 1,

3, 4 (ABOVE)

, ↑buildup
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Main Entry: ↑build

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ˌbuild ˈup (to sth) derived
to become greater, more powerful or larger in number

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All the pressure built up and he was off work for weeks with stress.

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The music builds up to a rousing climax.

related noun ↑build-up (1)
Main entry: ↑buildderived

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