building
a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,400 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 13,142 times across 157,096 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place also: edifice there was a three-story building on the cornerit was an imposing edifice
- the act of constructing something also: construction during the construction we had to take a detourhis hobby was the building of boats
- the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones also: construction their main business is home constructionworkers in the building trades
- the occupants of a building the entire building complained about the noise
building in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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In about an hour he reached the building, and opening the door he walked in.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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The young man, skirting the side of the building, went down the slope toward the basement door.
Ethan Frome · Edith Wharton · Chapter 1
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The Spurious Sportsman thus spends the greater part of his life in building up a reputation out of nothing.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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The inhabitants of every building on the road were in the open air, to receive and to return the parting benediction.
The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish · James Fenimore Cooper · Chapter 1
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Arrived at the great building among whose offices was that of Walter McAndrew, Attorney-at-Law, Gloria's thoughts were turned into a new channel.
Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1