Definitions for buildings
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1. buildings

   A building, or edifice, is an enclosed structure with a roof and walls standing more or less permanently in one place, such as a house or factory (although there's also portable buildings). Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, and have been adapted throughout history for a wide number of factors, from building materials available, to weather conditions, land prices, ground conditions, specific uses, prestige, and aesthetic reasons. To better understand the term building compare the list of nonbuilding structures. Buildings serve several societal needs – primarily as shelter from weather, security, living space, privacy, to store belongings, and to comfortably live and work. A building as a shelter represents a physical division of the human habitat (a place of comfort and safety) and the outside (a place that at times may be harsh and harmful). Ever since the first cave paintings, buildings have also become objects or canvasses of much artistic expression. In recent years, interest in sustainable planning and building practices has also become an intentional part of the design process of many new buildings and other structures.

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1. buildings

   Plural form of the word building.

   The city has a variety of buildings, each amazing in architecture and beautiful in simple and defined ways.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 9, 2016  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'buildings' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1549

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'buildings' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2644

How to pronounce buildings?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say buildings in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of buildings in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of buildings in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of buildings in a Sentence

1. George Walker Bush:

   The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings, fires burning, huge structures collapsing, have filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness and a quiet, unyielding anger. referring to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon

2. George Walker Bush:

   Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve. referring to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon

3. Eyal Weizman from Forensic Architecture:

   When violence takes place in cities, people die in buildings, and buildings become evidence.

4. Noel Coward:

   The higher the buildings, the lower the morals.

5. David Levinson:

   You're going to definitely see more of this, if the owners don't do it, their buildings are going to be what we call commodity buildings, and they're going to rise and fall based on when the tide comes in.

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