build on

Verb

Meaning

be based on; of theories and claims, for example

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Synonyms

rest on build upon repose on better help increase develop build improve progress advance add raise expand trust

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Antonyms

lower reduce damage decline drop decrease

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Hypernyms

ride turn on hinge on hinge upon depend on depend upon

Hyponyms

owe

Examples

Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy, you can't build on it it's only good for wallowing in. Katherine Mansfield

If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own. Charlotte Brontë

Remember the refrain: We always build on the past; the past always tries to stop us. Freedom is about stopping the past, but we have lost that ideal. Lawrence Lessig

The area covered by your life is not as important as what you can build on it. Swahili Proverb

Men don't build on strange ground. Yiddish Proverb

Men don't build on strange ground. Jewish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

build material build methodically build meticulously build on sand build on something build out