build in

verb

1. (tr, adverb) to incorporate or construct as an integral part

   to build in safety features

Idioms and Phrases

Also, build into. Construct or include as an integral part; also, make automatic, concomitant, or inherent. For example, Frank Lloyd Wright liked to build in as much furniture as possible, not just bookcases but desks, tables, and the like, or We've got to build some slack into the schedule for this project. The literal usage referring to physical objects dates from the late 1920s. The figurative arose a decade or so later. Both are frequently used in past participle form, that is, built in.

Example Sentences

That temblor significantly damaged 25 such structures, including the then-brand-new Automobile Club of Southern California building in Santa Clarita, which almost collapsed.

From Los Angeles Times

About 70 firefighters tackled the blaze at the building in Maybury Close, Enfield, where the entire roof and most of the second floor were on fire.

From BBC

The Long Beach Fire Department responded to calls of a fire at a three-story apartment building in the 3500 block of Linden Avenue at about 7:30 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times

At least ten people have died and 25 others injured after a fire broke out in a high-rise building in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital.

From BBC

Starmer condemned recent Russian missile attacks that saw damage to the British Council building in Kyiv, and said the recent actions of Russian President Vladimir Putin were not those of someone who wants peace.

From BBC

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