build on

verb

built on; building on; builds on

transitive verb

: to use as a foundation

building on past experience

Examples of build on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Their journey leads them through an extravagant amusement park built on the grounds of a drug lord’s former estate. — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 23 Aug. 2026

The tower would be built on a two-acre portion of the site that includes the church’s parking lot. — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026

Scrutinizing the Ellisons, including Oracle’s business built on data, surveillance technology and government contracts, and the serious threat to editorial freedom and the loss of a livelihood for thousands of families, is fair and necessary. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 22 Aug. 2026

Instead of gathering a group to generate ideas aloud, where the first strong opinion tends to anchor everyone else's thinking, brainwriting has each person privately jot down ideas before the group reconvenes to build on them. — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1562, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for build on

• anton
• argon
• axon
• baronne
• baryon
• baton
• boron
• buisson
• bygone
• capon
• cardon
• chiffon