build-out

noun

ˈbild-ˌau̇t 

variants or less commonly buildout

plural build-outs also buildouts

1

a

: work done to make a structure or system ready for use or to bring a construction or development project to a completed state

When the build-out of the campus is complete, as many as 7,500 students will attend class there.

—Janis L. Magin

b

: work done to expand a system (such as a telecommunications system)

The buildout of new infrastructure for digital cellular telephony is at such an early stage that it's impossible to predict what the performance of some of the systems will be.

—Brian C. Fenton

c

: a project or process involving such work

Of course, the Chinese are traveling and spending more in their own country too, in part because of a gigantic infrastructure build-out; China will have constructed more high-speed-rail capacity by the end of the decade than is currently operating in the rest of the world, some 10,000 miles' (16,000 km) worth.

—Bill Saporito

2

: a state in which an area has been fully developed

At build-out, the community is planned to include retail, restaurant and office space, a hotel, urban-style and loft apartments, townhomes, and condominiums.

—The Flower Mound (Texas) Leader

Examples of build-out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That means not only minute-by-minute adjustments are required, but also long-term maintenance, planning, and build-out of all those electric lines and substations. —Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Sep. 2024

Beyond mainstay Nvidia, CFRA’s Angelo Zino views hardware players as the biggest beneficiaries in the short-run as the initial build-out stage carries on. —Samantha Subin, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2024

As demand in Europe for American LNG is set to peak within a year, thanks to Europe’s renewable build-out, the security argument for exporting natural gas is falling apart. —Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2024

On the business side, this might include analytics insights, measurement, conversion analysis, dashboard creation and maximization, advertising data insights, persona build-out, customer journey creation and optimization. —Dan Galorath, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined at sense 1a