bu|gle
/bjuː
g
ə
l/ (bugles
) N‑COUNT
A
bugle
is a simple brass musical instrument that looks like a small trumpet. Bugles are often used in the army to announce when activities such as meals are about to begin.
bu|gler
/bjuː
glə
r
/ (buglers
) N‑COUNT
A
bugler
is someone who plays the bugle.
build
◆◆◆ /b
I
ld/ (builds
, building
, built
)
1
VERB
If you
build
something, you make it by joining things together. □ [V
n]
Developers are now proposing to build a hotel on the site.
□ [be
V
-ed + in
]
The house was built in the early 19th century.
●
build|ing
N‑UNCOUNT
□
In Japan, the building of Kansai airport continues.
●
built
ADJ
[adv ADJ
, ADJ
to-inf] □
Even newly built houses can need repairs.
□ [+ for
]
It's a product built for safety.
□
…structures that are built to last.
2
VERB
If you
build
something into
a wall or object, you make it in such a way that it is in the wall or object, or is part of it. □ [be
V
-ed + into
]
If the TV was built into the ceiling, you could lie there while watching your favourite programme.
3
VERB
If people
build
an organization, a society, or a relationship, they gradually form it. □ [V
n]
He and a partner set up on their own and built a successful fashion company.
□ [V
n]
Their purpose is to build a fair society and a strong economy.
□ [V
n]
I wanted to build a relationship with my team.
●
build|ing
N‑UNCOUNT
□ [+ of
]
…the building of the great civilisations of the ancient world.
4
VERB
If you
build
an organization, system, or product on
something, you base it on it. □ [V
n prep]
We will then have a firmer foundation of fact on which to build theories.
5
VERB
If you
build
something into
a policy, system, or product, you make it part of it. □ [V
n into n]
We have to build computers into the school curriculum.
□ [V
n into n]
How much delay should we build into the plan?
6
VERB
To
build
someone's confidence or trust means to increase it gradually. If someone's confidence or trust
builds
, it increases gradually. □ [V
n]
Diplomats hope the meetings will build mutual trust.
□ [V
]
Usually when we're six months or so into a recovery, confidence begins to build.
● PHRASAL VERB
Build up
means the same as build
. □ [V
P
n]
The delegations had begun to build up some trust in one another.
□ [V
P
]
We will start to see the confidence in the housing market building up again.
[Also + V
P
to
]
7
VERB
If you
build
on
the success of something, you take advantage of this success in order to make further progress. □ [V
+ on/upon
]
The new regime has no successful economic reforms on which to build.
8
VERB
If pressure, speed, sound, or excitement
builds
, it gradually becomes greater. □ [V
]
Pressure built yesterday for postponement of the ceremony.
□ [V
+ to/into
]
The last chords of the suite build to a crescendo.
● PHRASAL VERB
Build up
means the same as build
. □ [V
P
n]
We can build up the speed gradually and safely.
□ [V
P
]
Economists warn that enormous pressures could build up, forcing people to emigrate westwards.
[Also + V
P
to
]
9
N‑VAR
Someone's
build
is the shape that their bones and muscles give to their body. □
He's described as around thirty years old, six feet tall and of medium build.
10
→ see also
building
,
built
▸
build up
