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built on

built on is the simple past and past participle 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 built on

What is built on the simple past and past participle of?
Built on is the simple past and past participle of build on.

Words near built on in the dictionary

  1. built like a brick outhouse
  2. built like a brick shipyard
  3. built like a brick shithouse
  4. built like a shit brickhouse
  5. built like a tank
  6. built on
  7. built on sand
  8. built out
  9. built the plane while flying it
  10. built up
  11. built upon

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Adapted from Wiktionary: built 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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