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BUILD IN
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make something an integral part of something else
Example:
we can build in a special clause to make the contract better for you
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "build in" is one way to...):
incorporate; integrate (make into a whole or make part of a whole)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP