building

/ˈbɪl.dɪŋ/

noun 3

Collocations

(noun.) house, church, school, etc.

ADJ

listed

The historic house is a listed building, so you need special permission to make any changes.

brick, concrete, stone, timber, wooden | industrial, public, residential | airport, apartment, church, factory, farm, headquarters, hospital, office, prison, school

VERB + BUILDING

build, erect, put up

The company will build a modern office building next to the shopping center.

demolish, destroy, flatten, gut, knock down, pull down, raze, tear down

The old factory was demolished to make room for a new shopping center.

damage

renovate, restore

The city council decided to restore the historic library building next year.

BUILDING + VERB

collapse

(noun.) process/business of building sth

ADJ

nest, road | empire, team

BUILDING + NOUN

business, company, contractor, firm, industry, sector, trade | programme, project, scheme

activity, development, work

The city is investing heavily in building development across the downtown area.

Definitions

noun

The act or process by which something is built; construction.

The building of the bridge will be completed in a couple of weeks.

A closed structure with walls and a roof.

My sister lives in that apartment building.

One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools[…]as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks.

Synonym of Tits building.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the act of constructing something

construction

noun — the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures

construction

noun — a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or les

edifice

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Elvis has left the building

A phrase used to announce the end of a show, usually one performed by an Elvis impersonator.

That '50s look can do one / Elvis has definitely left the fucking building

has left the building

Something is gone and never coming back.

Organisational capital is typically described as dead. It is what has been left behind after human capital has left the building.

go jump off a building

Used to tell someone to go away, or that their request will not be met.

Example Bank

The building of the bridge will be completed in a couple of weeks.

Wiktionary

My sister lives in that apartment building.

Wiktionary

One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools[…]as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks.

Wiktionary

What you are saying is nothing but building a castle in the air.

Tatoeba · #17201

The bank holds a mortgage on his building.

Tatoeba · #18419

Bids were solicited for the building of the bridge.

Tatoeba · #18991

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