built

[bilt]

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of build.

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

/ bɪlt /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of build

Other Word Forms

• well-built adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of built¹

First recorded in 1560–70, for the adjective

Idioms and Phrases

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

Example Sentences

From there, I could see a concrete wall that Israeli soldiers had recently built inside Lebanon.

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“The Secretary has built an All-Star team at the Department of War, and we are proud of our many accomplishments,” Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said.

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It was built in 14 days and dismantled in seven.

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“Once it’s built, you don’t need to be Warren and Charlie,” he told a friend.

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The complex, which has eight buildings and about 2,000 apartment units, was built in the 1980s, according to its website.

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