build up
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages
build up your savings
Types & categories
- increase hypernym
Related & opposite
- buildup derivation
Sense 2 verb
form or accumulate steadily
Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly
Types & categories
- develop hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
prepare oneself for a military confrontation
The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
bolster or strengthen
We worked up courage
Types & categories
- increase hypernym
Related & opposite
- work up verb group
Sense 5 verb
change the use of and make available or usable
develop land
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- exploitation derivation
- development derivation
- developer derivation
- make grow verb group
- modernise verb group
- train verb group
- develop verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | buildup |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | increase |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | progress |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | build |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | ramp up |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | develop |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | disarm |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | arming |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fort |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | weapon |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fortification |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | armour |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | re-arm |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | forearm |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | work up |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | increase |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | exploitation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | development |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | developer |
| 5 | verb group | Related & opposite | make grow |
| 5 | verb group | Related & opposite | modernise |
| 5 | verb group | Related & opposite | train |
| 5 | verb group | Related & opposite | develop |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | improve |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | redevelop |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | settle |