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• past participle of build.
• past tense form of build.

built

American  

[bilt] / bɪlt /

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of build.

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adjective

1. Informal.

   1. of sound or sturdy construction.

      These cars are really built.

   2. having a good physique or figure.

      That lifeguard is really built!

2. Nautical. noting any member or part of a vessel assembled from pieces.

   built frame; built spar.

built British  

/ bɪlt /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of build

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built Idioms  

1. see made (built) to order; not built that way; Rome wasn't built in a day. Also see under build.

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Other Word Forms

• well-built
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of built

First recorded in 1560–70, for the adjective

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Example Sentences

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built

The big question is whether AI carries the science there, or quietly erodes the bricks it is built on.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

But it is a major switch for a company where the future long hinged on user growth and an advertising business built around it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Feygin’s mother grew up in Belarus, where she built a makeshift bathhouse from a tarp and generated steam with a woodstove.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Though conditions will be significantly different at next year's World Cup in southern Africa, the exit is a blow to England, who had built some momentum in their one-day international cricket this year.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

In the kitchen, Papa was chuckling as he built a fire in the cook stove.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

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