| VERB | change | build up | enlarge, develop, or increase / increase by degrees or in stages |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | build up, work up, build, progress | form or accumulate steadily | |
| competition | build up, arm, fortify, gird | prepare oneself for a military confrontation | |
| change | build up, work up, build, ramp up | bolster or strengthen | |
| change | build up, develop | change the use of and make available or usable |
| Meaning | enlarge, develop, or increase / increase by degrees or in stages. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "build up your savings" | |
| Broader | increase | make bigger or more |
| Nouns | buildup | the act of building up an accumulation |
| Meaning | form or accumulate steadily. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonyms | work up, build, progress | |
| Broader | develop | Grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment |
| Similar to | build | Develop and grow |
| build up, work up, build, ramp up | bolster or strengthen | |
| Spanish | crecer, desarrollar | |
| Catalan | créixer, desenvolupar | |
| Meaning | Prepare oneself for a military confrontation. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | arm, fortify, gird | |
| Narrower | forearm | Arm in advance of a confrontation |
| rearm, re-arm | Arm anew | |
| Opposite | disarm, demilitarize, demilitarise | Remove offensive capability from |
| Spanish | armarse, armar | |
| Catalan | armar-se, fortificar | |
| Meaning | bolster or strengthen. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "build up confidence" | |
| Synonyms | work up, build, ramp up | |
| Broader | increase | make bigger or more |
| Similar to | build up, work up, build, progress | form or accumulate steadily |
| Spanish | fortificar, intensificar, reforzar, robustecer | |
| Meaning | change the use of and make available or usable. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | develop | |
| Narrower | redevelop | change the plans for the use of (land) |
| settle | Establish or develop as a residence | |
| Broader | better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate | To make better |
| Similar to | develop, make grow | Cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development |
| develop | generate gradually | |
| modernize, modernise, develop | Become technologically advanced | |
| train, develop, prepare, educate | create by training and teaching | |
| Spanish | desarrollar | |
| Catalan | desenrotllar, desenvolupar | |
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