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built upon

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

Meaning of build upon

Verb

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

  1. Synonym of build on.
    • However, while reusing the existing alignment was considered, it was ultimately discounted for several reasons - not least because some sections have been built upon, particularly approaching Cambridge from the south, while the section through Bedford now forms part of a country park.2023 November 15, Chris Howe, “East West Rail and the Cambridge connection”, in RAIL, number 996, page 56
    Synonyms:
    build on

Questions about built upon

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

Words near built upon in the dictionary

  1. built on
  2. built on sand
  3. built out
  4. built the plane while flying it
  5. built up
  6. built upon
  7. built-in
  8. built-in function
  9. built-in functions
  10. built-in obsolescence
  11. built-in type

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