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    BUILD ON

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Be based on; of theories and claims, for exampleplay

    Example:

    What's this new evidence based on?

    Synonyms:

    build on; build upon; repose on; rest on

    Classified under:

    Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

    Hypernyms (to "build on" is one way to...):

    depend on; depend upon; devolve on; hinge on; hinge upon; ride; turn on (be contingent on)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "build on"):

    owe (be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense)

    Sentence frame:

    Something ----s something

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