abuilding

[ uh-bil-ding ]

adjective

1. in the process of building or being built. built.

Word History and Origins

Origin of abuilding¹

First recorded in 1525–35; a- ¹ + build + -ing ²

Example Sentences

Traders said market intelligence firm Genscape reported abuilding of more than 480,000 barrels in Cushing crude supplies for the week to Jan. 1, after flooding in the U.S.

From Reuters

The ultimate Xanadu may well be the Trump Tower, now abuilding on Fifth Avenue in midtown Manhattan.

From Time

Bitterly did Ussher reproach him for such a scandal at which the professors of the gospel did all take offence, and for daring to adventure that which his brethren had been "so long abuilding," the destruction of the Irish language.

From Project Gutenberg

There's a $310 million technical center abuilding in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

From Time Magazine Archive

Einstein is trying to roll past Bruegger's, which has 287 stores and 250 more abuilding.

From Time Magazine Archive