BUILD IN Definition & Meaning

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build in

verb

tr, adverb to incorporate or construct as an integral part
to build in safety features

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Idioms and Phrases

Also, build into . Construct or include as an integral part; also, make automatic, concomitant, or inherent. For example, Frank Lloyd Wright liked to build in as much furniture as possible, not just bookcases but desks, tables, and the like , or We've got to build some slack into the schedule for this project . The literal usage referring to physical objects dates from the late 1920s. The figurative arose a decade or so later. Both are frequently used in past participle form, that is, built in .

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A manhunt is under way in western Germany, after three bodies were found in a residential building in Weitefeld, in the Westerwald region.

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The school’s 2,445 students, who have been online for classes since the fire, will soon relocate to the former Sears building in downtown Santa Monica.

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Kryvyi Rih also came under attack earlier this week when a building in the centre was struck, leaving four people dead.

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The survivors were rescued from a collapsed school building in the northern Sagaing region, from which a body was also recovered, Myanmar's fire service said.

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The strike came after the Israeli military issued an evacuation warning for a building in the Hadath area in the Lebanese capital.

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