Usually means: Expand or develop from foundation.
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  1. build on: Merriam-Webster
  2. build on: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. build on: Vocabulary.com
  4. build on: Wiktionary
  5. build on: Dictionary.com
  6. build on: Rhymezone
  7. build on: FreeDictionary.org
  8. build on: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. build on: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. build on: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. build on: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (build on)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To add additional elements or components to (a framework, a concept, a device, etc.) in order to extend it.

Similar:
build upon, rest on, repose on, build out, upbuild, build, outbuild, build up, enhance, decorate, more...

Opposite:
tear down, demolish, destroy, dismantle

Types:
foundation, base, plinth, pedestal, more...

Phrases:
build on sand, A Kiss to Build a Dream On, something to build on, build on something that already exists, places to build on, more...

Adjectives:
ordinate, level, forthputting, meet, divvy, incorporate, contract, agglomerate, party, collect, split

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Similar:
build upon, rest on, repose on, build out, upbuild, build, outbuild, build up, enhance, decorate, more...

Opposite:
tear down, demolish, destroy, dismantle

Types:
foundation, base, plinth, pedestal, more...

Phrases:
build on sand, A Kiss to Build a Dream On, something to build on, build on something that already exists, places to build on, when you build a thing based on a plan, to build on, build on itself, more...

Adjectives:
ordinate, level, forthputting, meet, divvy, incorporate, contract, agglomerate, party, collect, split



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