1
: a usually roofed and walled structure built for permanent use (as for a dwelling)
2
: the art or business of assembling materials into a structure
Examples of building in a Sentence
My office is in that small brick building.
We bought the land for building.
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The United Nations estimated in April that roughly 92 percent of all residential buildings in Gaza had been damaged or destroyed since October 2023.
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Ford's current headquarters, dubbed the Glass House because of its windowed exterior, is an iconic 950,000-square-foot building on 212-acres of land that's served as the company's headquarters since 1956.
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Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2025
Make software building available to all people everywhere.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The United Nations estimated in April that roughly 92 percent of all residential buildings in Gaza had been damaged or destroyed since October 2023.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Ford's current headquarters, dubbed the Glass House because of its windowed exterior, is an iconic 950,000-square-foot building on 212-acres of land that's served as the company's headquarters since 1956.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Building.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/building. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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building
noun
build·ing
ˈbil-diŋ 
1
: a permanent structure built as a dwelling, shelter, or place for human activity or for storage
an office building
2
: the art, work, or business of assembling materials into a structure
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