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Meaning of "building" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BUILDING

building  [ˈbɪldɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BUILDING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Building is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BUILDING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

building

Building

A building is a man-made structure with a roof and walls standing more or less permanently in one place. Buildings come in a variety of shapes, sizes and functions, and have been adapted throughout history for a wide number of factors, from building materials available, to weather conditions, to land prices, ground conditions, specific uses and aesthetic reasons. To better understand the term building compare the list of nonbuilding structures. Buildings serve several needs of society – primarily as shelter from weather, security, living space, privacy, to store belongings, and to comfortably live and work. A building as a shelter represents a physical division of the human habitat and the outside. Ever since the first cave paintings, buildings have also become objects or canvasess of artistic expression. In recent years, interest in sustainable planning and building practices has also become an intentional part of the design process of many new buildings.

Definition of building in the English dictionary

The definition of building in the dictionary is something built with a roof and walls, such as a house or factory. Other definition of building is the act, business, occupation, or art of building houses, boats, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BUILDING


abuilding
əˈbɪldɪŋ
boatbuilding
ˈbəʊtbɪldɪŋ
bridge-building
ˈbrɪdʒˌbɪldɪŋ
character-building
ˈkærɪktəbɪldɪŋ
electrogilding
ɪˌlektrəʊˈɡɪldɪŋ
empire-building
ˈempaɪəˌbɪldɪŋ
folding
ˈfəʊldɪŋ
gilding
ˈɡɪldɪŋ
hilding
ˈhɪldɪŋ
holding
ˈhəʊldɪŋ
image-building
ˈɪmɪdʒˌbɪldɪŋ
jerry-building
ˈdʒɛrɪˌbɪldɪŋ
multibuilding
ˌmʌltɪˈbɪldɪŋ
nonbuilding
ˌnɒnˈbɪldɪŋ
outbuilding
ˈaʊtˌbɪldɪŋ
rebuilding
ˌriːˈbɪldɪŋ
rewilding
riːˈwaɪldɪŋ
shipbuilding
ˈʃɪpbɪldɪŋ
Spalding
ˈspɔːldɪŋ
wilding
ˈwaɪldɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BUILDING

builddown
builder
building and loan association
building block
building contractor
building industry
building labourer
building land
building line
building materials
building paper
building permit
building plot
building site
building society
building trade
building trades
building worker
building works
buildings insurance

WORDS THAT END LIKE BUILDING

according
apartment building
balding
body building
electric welding
Empire State Building
Fielding
gelding
Golding
Kolding
listed building
molding
moulding
nation-building
resistance welding
scaffolding
shareholding
system building
ultrasonic welding
unyielding
yielding

Synonyms and antonyms of building in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BUILDING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «building» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of building

Translation of «building» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BUILDING

Find out the translation of building to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of building from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «building» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

建筑物
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

edificio
570 millions of speakers

English

building
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

इमारत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بِنَاء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

здание
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

edifício
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভবন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bâtiment
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bangunan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gebäude
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

建物
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

건물
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bangunan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tòa nhà
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கட்டிடம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

इमारत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bina
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

edificio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

budynek
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

будівля
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

clădire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κτήριο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gebou
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

byggnad
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bygning
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of building

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BUILDING»

The term «building» is very widely used and occupies the 1.431 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of building
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BUILDING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «building» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «building» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about building

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10 QUOTES WITH «BUILDING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word building.
1
Greg Akcelrod
This art of acting is a process I love very much. It's an unbelievably fulfilling experience for me and I look forward to building upon my art in the years to come.
2
Tadao Ando
Since I am a Japanese man who's been building through the experience of Japanese architecture, my actual designs come from Japanese architectural concepts, although they're based on Western methods and materials.
3
Janine Benyus
There are three types of biomimicry - one is copying form and shape, another is copying a process, like photosynthesis in a leaf, and the third is mimicking at an ecosystem's level, like building a nature-inspired city.
4
Tim Bishop
In this time of budget cuts, we cannot forget that basic science is a building block for scientific innovation and economic growth in the information age.
5
Sean Booth
I hate the idea of getting in a building that someone else has designed and having to do something to it yourself to sort of dress it up - it's like using presets in your tracks.
6
Rodney Brooks
The most important thing for building a robot that you can interact with socially is its visual attention system. Because what it pays attention to is what it's seeing and interacting with, and what you're understanding what it's doing.
7
Paige Butcher
Living in New York after 14 years, I'm such an outdoors kind of person. I love gardening and building things. I like restoring old furniture.
8
James E. Casey
The basic principle which I believe has contributed more than any other to the building of our business as it is today, is the ownership of our company by the people employed in it.
9
Clayton Christensen
Colleges would compete by adding professors, enhancing programs, or building nicer facilities. So they competed by making institutions better.
10
John Collison
Stripe is building payment infrastructure for the Web, so we make it easy to accept credit cards online. Before Stripe, the way you'd do this is using the legacy banking structure. It was slow, it was complex, it was expensive. It had this very chilling effect on e-commerce.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUILDING»

Discover the use of building in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to building and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Building Construction Illustrated
This new edition of the revered classic remains as relevant as ever-providing the latest information in Francis D.K. Ching's signature style.
Francis D. K. Ching, 2011
2
Steven Caney's Ultimate Building Book
Presents an introduction to the concept of structure with explanations, diagrams, and examples of space frame, brick, and block structures, and provides a series of experiments which can be done to illustrate these principles.
Steven Caney, 2006
3
Building Codes Illustrated: A Guide to Understanding the ...
A guide to understanding the International Building Code that uses detailed diagrams to explain the criteria for code development and the reasons for code provisions.
Francis D. K. Ching, Steven R. Winkel, 2007
4
Nation-Building: Beyond Afghanistan and Iraq
The need for post-conflict reconstruction will not cease with the end of the Afghanistan and Iraq missions. This timely volume offers the critical reflection and evaluation necessary to avoid repeating costly mistakes in the future.
Francis Fukuyama, 2008
5
The Timeless Way of Building
This introductory volume to Alexander's other works, A Pattern of Language and The Oregon Experiment, explains concepts fundamental to his original approaches to the theory and application of architecture
Christopher Alexander, 1979
6
Building Partnerships for Service-Learning
Faculty, administrators, student leaders, and community and corporate leaders will find this volume filled with vital information, exemplary models, and practical tools needed to make service-learning succeed.
Barbara Jacoby and Associates, 2003
7
Building Stairs
Detailed diagrams and full-color photographs take readers step by step through the complete process of constructing stairs, from essential tools and materials, through the planning and design steps, through the entire building process, to ...
Andy Engel, 2007
8
Building Valve Amplifiers
The companion volume to Building Valve Amplifiers, Morgan Jones's Valve Amplifiers, has been widely recognised as the most complete guide to valve amplifier design written for over 30 years.
Morgan Jones, 2004
9
Building Green: A Complete How-To Guide to Alternative ...
The bestselling reference to sustainable construction, updated with online resource tie-ins, features more than 1,200 step-by-step photographs that follow the actual erection of an alternative building from site selection to final-touch ...
Clarke Snell, Tim Callahan, 2009
10
the yacoubian building
The Yacoubian Building holds all that Egypt was and has become over the 75 years since its namesake was built.
ʻAlāʼ Aswānī, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUILDING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term building is used in the context of the following news items.
1
snarkitecture turns the national building museum into a 10000 sq ft …
from now through september 7, 2015, the national building museum in washington D.C. hosts a 10,000 square foot ball pit filled by nearly one ... «Designboom, Jul 15»
2
A New Office Building for the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Called Dock 72, the building is expected to house about 4,000 workers when fully occupied. Construction is expected to begin this year and ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
3
HSBC staff sacked after filming ISIS-style mock execution during …
Six HSBC staff have been sacked after filming themselves staging a mock ISIS-style beheading during a team building day at a go karting ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
4
Panel rejects demolition of historic Martinsburg building
DC Properties partner Daniel Helmut told the commission that a 2009 fire burned the building beyond reasonable repair. He said he doesn't ... «Charleston Gazette, Jul 15»
5
Fallout 4 interview: Bethesda's Todd Howard on building the …
Skyrim took wing in 2011 and for four years most of Bethesda's team has been building the apocalypse, shifting from a fantasy realm to a ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
6
Who does this building look like?
Architecture firm Elenberg Fraser is building a new luxury skyscraper in the heart of Melbourne whose “spiralling curves” are inspired by none ... «NEWS.com.au, Jul 15»
7
Clifton Park medical building up for final approval
Clifton Park. A $14.6 million medical office building that would consolidate Community Care Physicians' practices is expected to get final ... «Albany Times Union, Jul 15»
8
As Reddit Burns, Some Hard-Earned Lessons on Building an Open …
Every strategy and tactic I've learned in community building starts with embracing this reality. The goal is to shine a bright light on the good, ... «Re/code, Jul 15»
9
Loved ones of Archie Hunt who died after Queen Victoria Building
Devastated family and classmates have released blue balloons into the sky at the funeral of a 13-year-old boy who fell to his death in Sydney's ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
10
Fire Destroys Byrne Dairy Building in Phelps
According to deputies, the building suffered extensive damage. No one was hurt in the fire. Phelps Fire Chief says employees waited between ... «TWC News, Jul 15»

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