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upbuilding

upbuilding is the present participle and gerund of upbuild.

Meaning of upbuild

Verb

upbuild (third-person singular simple present upbuilds, present participle upbuilding, simple past and past participle upbuilt or upbuilded)

  1. (transitive) To build up (literally).
    • […] under all circumstances, whether the surface be uppushed by horizontal mashing of sediments or upbuilt by the outsqueezing of melted matter, the increase of height would be the same […]1876, American Journal of Science, volume 111, page 299
  2. (transitive) To build up; to develop (figuratively).
    • Briefly, the Republic, as he sees it, was upbuilt by a cunningly manipulated political machine that reared a seemingly solid superstructure on the false foundation of the interests of a class rather than of the people.1904, The Outlook, volume 76, page 616

Noun

upbuilding (plural upbuildings)

  1. The process of building something up; gradual development or accumulation.
    • It was beyond the local parson to remain passive while this spiritual cuckoo pulled to pieces this little nest of his victim's weary upbuilding.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 160

Forms of upbuilding

pluralupbuildings

Questions about upbuilding

What does upbuilding mean?
Upbuilding means the process of building something up; gradual development or accumulation.
What is upbuilding the present participle and gerund of?
Upbuilding is the present participle and gerund of upbuild.
What part of speech is upbuilding?
Upbuilding is a noun.
What is the plural of upbuilding?
The plural of upbuilding is upbuildings.

Words near upbuilding in the dictionary

  1. upbubbling
  2. upbuild
  3. upbuilded
  4. upbuilder
  5. upbuilders
  6. upbuilding
  7. upbuildings
  8. upbuilds
  9. upbuilt
  10. upbulging
  11. upbuoy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: upbuilding (page history and authors); upbuild (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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