Building

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪldɪŋ
• Hyphenation: build + ing

Middle English

Full definition of building

Noun

1. (uncountable) The act or process of building.
   The building of the bridge will be completed in a couple of weeks.
2. A closed structure with walls and a roof.
• 2013-07-19, Mark Tran, Denied an education by war, 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. Parents fear sending their children to school. Girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence.
3. My sister lives in that apartment building.

Synonyms

• (act or process of building) construction
• (closed structure with walls and a roof) edifice

Derived terms

• apartment building
• bldg.
• building blocks
• building permit
• building society
• building trade
• office building
• outbuilding
• shipbuilding
• bodybuilding
• main building

See build

Verb

1. Present participle of build