Meaning of building | Babel Free

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1. The act or process by which something is built; construction.
   uncountable
2. Build.
3. A usually permanent construction, such as a house or store:edifice, pile, structure.
4. A closed structure with walls and a roof.
   countable
5. to form or construct from parts. build a house/railway/bookcase. bou يَبْني градя construir stavět, budovat bauen bygge χτίζω, κατασκευάζωconstruir ehitama ساختن rakentaa bâtir, construire לִבְנוֹת बनाना sagraditi épít membangun costruire 建てる 세우다, 짓다 statyti celt; būvēt; montēt bina bouwen, aanleggenbygge, anlegge, oppføre, snekrebudować جوړول construir a construi, a clădi строить stavať, budovať (z)graditi graditi bygga สร้าง inşa etmek, yapmak 建蓋 будувати; споруджувати تعمیر کرنا xây dựng 建...
6. Synonym of Tits building.
   countable, uncountable
7. physical form. a man of heavy build. liggaamsbou بُنْيثَه، تَرْكيب конструкция compleição stavba, postava die Gestalt bygning σωματική διάπλαση constitución, complexión kehaehitus هیکل muoto carrureמבנה निर्माण, बनावट stas alak tubuh forma; corporatura 体格 구조, 체격 kūno sudėjimas ķermeņa uzbūve susuk tubuh lichaamsbouwkroppsbygning, figur, fasongbudowa هیکل compleição conformaţie, structură телосложение stavba postava građa kroppsbyggnad รูปร่าง fizik, yapı, boy bos 體格 будова тіла بھاری جسامت vó...
8. a person who builds houses etc. The builder who built our house has gone bankrupt. bouer بنّاء строител construtor stavitel der/die Bauunternehmer/-in bygherre; bygningshåndværker οικοδόμοςconstructor ehitaja معمار rakentaja constructeur/-trice בנאי, בנאית निर्माणकर्त्ता graditelj építőmester ahli bangunan costruttore, costruttrice 建築業者 건설자 statybininkas celtnieks; darbuzņēmējs (celtniecībā) jurubina aannemerbyggmester; byggherre; bygningsarbeiderbudowniczy معمار construtor constructor строит...
   etc
9. a business firm that lends money for building or buying houses. bougenootskap جَمْعِيَّةُ بِناء أو شِراء مَساكِن организация, отпущаща заеми на своите членове за построяване/купуване на жилища financiadora de imóveis stavební spořitelna die Baugenossenschaft kreditforening στεγαστική τράπεζα sociedad hipotecaria ehitusühing بانک رهنی hypoteekkiyhdistys société de crédit immobilier חֶבְרַת בְּנִייָה सोसाइटी निर्मात्ता građevina lakásépítő szövetkezet perusahaan kredit bangunan società di credi...
10. forming a permanent part of the building etc. Built-in cupboards save space. ingeboude مُبيّت، مُبنى في داخِل вграден embutido vestavěný Einbau-... indbygget εντοιχισμένος, ενσωματωμένος incorporado sisseehitatud داخلی؛ توکار sisäänrakennettu encastréמובנה सन्निहित, आभ्यांतरिक ugrađeni beépített terpasang tetap incorporato, incassato 作りつけの 붙박이의 įstatytas, įmontuotas iebūvēts terbina dalam ingebouwdinnebygd wbudowany ننی، داخلی embutido încorporat, zidit встроенный vstavaný vgrajen ugrađen inb...
    etc
11. covered with houses etc. a built-up area. beboude مشيّده، مُغَطّاةٌ بالبيوت окончателно застроен residencial zastavěný bebaut bebygget; udbygget πυκνοκατοικημένοςurbanizado täisehitatud پر از ساختمان täyteen rakennettu urbaniséהצטברות विभिन्न भागों द्वारा निर्मित izgrađen beépített, lakott penuh bangunan urbano, abitato 建てこんだ 건물이 빽빽이 들어찬 užstatytas apbūvēts membangun bebouwdbebygd, utbygd zabudowany پر از ساختمان residencial construit (плотно) застроенный zastavaný pozidan izgrađen uppbyggd, ...
    etc
12. Something that is built, as for human habitation; a structure.
13. The act, process, art, or occupation of constructing.
14. (Building) something built with a roof and walls, such as a house or factory

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Examples

“The building of the bridge will be completed in a couple of weeks.”

“My sister lives in that apartment building.”

“One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools[…]as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks.”

“Why doesn't Italy finish their buildings”

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