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Meaning of word build up from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

Meaning : Enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages.

Example : Build up your savings.

Meaning : Form or accumulate steadily.

Example : Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly.
Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border.

Synonyms : build, progress, work up

Meaning : Prepare oneself for a military confrontation.

Example : The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East.
Troops are building up on the Iraqi border.

Synonyms : arm, fortify, gird

Remove offensive capability from.

Meaning : Bolster or strengthen.

Example : We worked up courage.
Build up confidence.
Ramp up security in the airports.

Synonyms : build, ramp up, work up

Meaning : Change the use of and make available or usable.

Example : Develop land.
The country developed its natural resources.
The remote areas of the country were gradually built up.

Synonyms : develop

Antonym meaning