Definitions for buildup
buildup

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. buildupnoun

   the act of building up an accumulation

   "I envied his rapid buildup of assets"; "a military buildup in preparation for the invasion"

2. buildupnoun

   the result of the process of accumulation

   "the buildup of leaves blocked the drain pipes"

3. buildupnoun

   highly favorable publicity and praise

   "his letter of recommendation gave her a terrific buildup"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. buildupnoun

   An accumulation; an increase; a gradual development.

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1. buildup

   Buildup is the progressive accumulation or increase of something over time. This could relate to a variety of contexts, such as the formation of materials or substances on a surface, the increase in intensity or significance of a condition or situation, or the development or strengthening of something such as a story line, idea, or concept.

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. buildup

   The process of attaining prescribed strength of units and prescribed levels of vehicles, equipment, stores, and supplies. Also may be applied to the means of accomplishing this process.

Matched Categories

1. • Accretion
   • Accumulation
   • Promotion

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of buildup in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of buildup in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of buildup in a Sentence

1. Gregory Meeks:

   Russia’s continued troop buildup, both on the border of Ukraine and in Belarus,is an act of aggression that is asreckless as it is alarming, while I remain hopeful that diplomacycande-escalate tensions on the Ukranian border, it isnecessarythat the United States, together withourtransatlanticallies,make clear thatany activitiesconstitutingan invasion by the Russian army intosovereignterritorywill be met with significant repercussions.

2. Mahmoud Faqih:

   The wide scope of these protests is evidence of the buildup of the crisis and that it is rubbing salt in the citizens' wounds.

3. Liam Collins:

   Russia has definitely underperformed, but I don't think it's an indictment on their entire military or that we overestimated, in 2014, they seemed to have a war plan for Crimea that they dusted off the shelf and executed to perfection and this time they had months buildup and appeared to have no war plan at all.

4. Amy Simon:

   If you think back to the original Voyager pictures of Uranus, it was just kind of a pale blue ball with nothing on it. You didn’t see clouds, you didn’t see haze, you didn’t see anything … so there was a polar cap then, but we couldn’t see it, what we’ve been watching over time (using Hubble), is this buildup of this high-altitude haze in the atmosphere, and the exact purpose or the exact mechanism behind it, we don’t know, that’s one of the things we’re studying.

5. Actor Ben Barnes:

   There is this 10-year buildup sparked by this urge for equality that leads them toward independence.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=buildup
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Buildup
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf
5. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=buildup