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build up·on

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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. Jennifer Chi:

    Kristen is the perfect choice to build upon the Brooklyn Museum’s track record as an innovator in the collection and exhibition of the arts of Africa.

  2. Representatives Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi:

    This delegation travels to Cuba in friendship and to build upon the announcement of U.S. normalization of relations and other initiatives announced by President Obama, this delegation will work to advance the U.S.-Cuba relationship and build on the work done by many in the Congress over the years, especially with respect to agriculture and trade.

  3. 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.

  4. Van Eeden:

    We believe a continent-wide assessment of the number of animals that might be impacted has never been done in Australia before or anywhere else in the world, other nations can build upon this research to improve understanding of bushfire impacts everywhere.

  5. 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.


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