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BUILD ON
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Be based on; of theories and claims, for example
Example:
What's this new evidence based on?
Synonyms:
build on; build upon; repose on; rest on
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "build on" is one way to...):
depend on; depend upon; devolve on; hinge on; hinge upon; ride; turn on (be contingent on)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "build on"):
owe (be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
