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:

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Somebody ----s something PP

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