BUILDING Definition & Meaning

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building

[ bil-ding ]

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noun

a relatively permanent enclosed construction over a plot of land, having a roof and usually windows and often more than one level, used for any of a wide variety of activities, as living, entertaining, or manufacturing.
anything built built or constructed.
the act, business, or practice of constructing houses, office buildings, etc.

building

/ ˈ��ɪ��ɪŋ /

noun

something built with a roof and walls, such as a house or factory
the act, business, occupation, or art of building houses, boats, etc

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Other �y��vlog Forms

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of building¹

First recorded in 1250–1300, building is from the Middle English word byldinge. See build, -ing ¹

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Synonym Study

Building, edifice, structure refer to something built. Building and structure may apply to either a finished or an unfinished product of construction, and carry no implications as to size or condition. Edifice is a more formal word and narrower in application, referring to a completed structure, and usually a large and imposing one. Building generally connotes a useful purpose (houses, schools, business offices, etc.); structure suggests the planning and constructive process.

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The White House on Thursday felt a bit like a building battening down for a coming storm.

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But building a relationship with that new side of her family has not been easy.

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They say the company that owns the building has stopped responding to requests for basic maintenance in recent months, since informing them that it will not renew their rental contracts.

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“The hardest-hit properties are not luxury homes, but multifamily, commercial and industrial buildings — the very types we need to support housing production and job growth,” Smith said.

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Existing California law requires any building with a dwelling unit to maintain “certain characteristics in order to be tenantable,” which includes maintenance of adequate heating and hot water systems.

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