building
noun
\
Definition of building
Keep scrolling for more
Examples of building in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
But the project was eventually scrapped by Trammell Crow after density and building height concerns were raised by council members, Village residents and their neighbors. — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, "Apartments, restaurant proposed for vacant land near the Village at Mendota Heights," 15 June 2019 Far from Silicon Valley, Epic Games calls home this office building in Cary, N.C. — Sarah E. Needleman, WSJ, "The Man Behind ‘Fortnite’," 15 June 2019 The 19th-century building faces the clock on Chardon Square. — Marc Bona, cleveland.com, "Element 41: Northeast Ohio’s best weekend brunches, breakfasts," 15 June 2019 Why can’t these buildings be used for emergency housing for people in need? — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, "Letter: Vacant Oakland buildings could house the homeless," 15 June 2019 Several designers, meanwhile, commented in reviews online that they were inspired by the building’s interior design. — Michelle Cheng, Quartz at Work, "Airbnb offers $24 tours of its company headquarters," 15 June 2019 The masses gathered around government buildings this week were without clear leaders. — Shibani Mahtani, Washington Post, "Masks, cash and apps: How Hong Kong's protesters find ways to outwit the surveillance state," 15 June 2019 Firefighters and police responding to a call about a van that was ablaze found its owner fatally stabbed and lying on the street, with the van on fire behind a building in the East Chatham neighborhood, Chicago police said. — Deanese Williams-harris, chicagotribune.com, "Man found fatally stabbed on street in East Chatham neighborhood, van set on fire near scene," 15 June 2019 Rutherford said the building was demolished after a fire nine years ago. — Larry Barszewski, sun-sentinel.com, "He thought he snagged a villa for $9,100. He got a foot-wide strip of land.," 15 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'building.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Keep scrolling for more
Learn More about building
From the Editors at Merriam-Webster
What is 'World-Building'?
What is 'World-Building'?
And how do you spell it?
Dictionary Entries near building
Statistics for building
Last Updated
18 Jun 2019
Look-up Popularity
Time Traveler for building
The first known use of building was in the 13th century
Keep scrolling for more
More Definitions for building
building
noun
English Language Learners Definition of building
See the full definition for building in the English Language Learners Dictionary
building
noun
\
Kids Definition of building
Keep scrolling for more
Comments on building
What made you want to look up building? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
Test Your Vocabulary
Finance Words Quiz
-
- The etymology of mortgage is related most closely to which two words?
Can you spell these 10 commonly misspelled words?
TAKE THE QUIZ
Test Your Knowledge - and learn some interesting things along the way.
TAKE THE QUIZ
Share building
Resources for building