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built out

built out is the simple past and past participle of build out.

Meaning of build out

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To develop or expand (a system, structure, project, etc.).
    • Near-synonym: build up
    Synonyms:
    build up

Questions about built out

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

Words near built out in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: built out (page history and authors); build out (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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