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to form by putting together parts or materials
- he spent hours building a model airplane from a kit
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Words Related to build
- reassemble,
- rebuild,
- reconstruct,
- redevelop,
- reedify
- [British],
- retrofit
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“Build.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/build. Accessed 20 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of build was before the 12th century
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