What does build upon mean?

Definitions for build upon
build up·on

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word build upon.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. repose on, rest on, build on, build uponverb

    be based on; of theories and claims, for example

    "What's this new evidence based on?"

Wiktionary

  1. build uponverb

    to form by combining materials or parts on top of a surface or foundation

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  1. build upon

    To "build upon" generally means to use something as a base or foundation and add more information, details, or improvements to it. This term can apply to various scenarios such as knowledge, relationships, skills, ideas, or structures, where further development or enhancements are built on an already established initial platform or concept.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of build upon in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of build upon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of build upon in a Sentence

  1. Nick Read:

    This is reflected in our return to top-line growth in the second quarter, which we expect to build upon in the second half of the year in both Europe and Africa.

  2. Richard Branson:

    This investment will ensure that Virgin Orbit has the capital required to go and build upon Virgin Orbit incredible foundation and continue its rapid transition into a successful commercial space launch company.

  3. Nikola Vucevic:

    So it wasn’t what we thought it would be obviously as far as the results in the end, but I think that there were some positives for us to build upon and hopefully go into next year with these few months that we did spend together. However many games we played will give us a base to kind of see what we need and what we need to do going into next year to be better from the beginning.

  4. Paul Hokemeyer:

    My awareness of myself and my own issues enables me to relate to and feel compassion towards the vulnerability of being human. Its is the thing we share and it gives us a strong foundation to build upon.

  5. Thomas Lee:

    We can build upon the gains from here, if inflation is getting stronger, the U.S. dollar should weaken even more and that is an even bigger support for stocks.


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