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building on

building on is the present participle and gerund of build on.

Meaning of build on

Verb

build on (third-person singular simple present builds on, present participle building on, simple past and past participle built on)

  1. (transitive) To add additional elements or components to (a framework, a concept, a device, etc.) in order to extend it.
    • Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger knew victory was essential here to build on the foundations of last week's 5-1 demolition of Everton and also to keep up the pursuit of a place in the top four.2018 February 10, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham Hotspur 1 - 0 Arsenal”, in BBC

Questions about building on

What is building on the present participle and gerund of?
Building on is the present participle and gerund of build on.

Words near building on in the dictionary

  1. building envelopes
  2. building in
  3. building into
  4. building material
  5. building materials
  6. building on
  7. building on sand
  8. building out
  9. building paper
  10. building permit
  11. building permits

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Adapted from Wiktionary: building on (page history and authors); build on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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