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

Up until now, efforts to get these ideas off the ground have been limited by money — buying one small building in L.A. can cost millions.

From Los Angeles Times

A line of immigrant workers formed outside an office building in Koreatown on a recent Friday afternoon.

From Los Angeles Times

On Sunday, an Israeli strike targeted a building in the densely populated Ras el-Nabaa neighborhood, killing Mohammed Afif, the head of Hezbollah’s media relations office, along with three other people, according to Lebanese health authorities.

From Los Angeles Times

The drone attack on a residential building in the small town of Hlukhiv injured 12 people including two children, Ukraine's national police force said.

From BBC

All that is left of the residential building in Beit Lahia is a pile of rubble, with broken concrete and jagged shards of twisted metal sticking out from the ruins.

From BBC

Related Words

• add
• build
• carry
• combine
• comprise
• consist of
• cover
• encompass
• enter
• have
• hold
• incorporate
• introduce
• receive