Wiktionary
vb. (context transitive English) to add additional components to a previously constructed framework or device so that additional or improved functionality is obtained or created
WordNet
v. be based on; of theories and claims, for example; "What's this new evidence based on?" [syn: repose on, rest on, build upon]
Usage examples of "build on".
If he could build on that, with Mllaba's assistance, he might indeed enhance his bid for the Speakership.
It was bad enough the Council permitted these creatures to build on worthless land at the edge of the Mish River Males House territory, where they attempted to converse and trade with the more reckless of the Lines.
It was bad enough the Council permitted these creatures to build on worthless land at the edge of the Mish River Males' House territory, where they attempted to converse and trade with the more reckless of the Lines.
Before his companions could build on his initiative, however, the flat of a Firbolg cutlass crashed heavily into the halfling's little body, sending him flying into the stone wall.
Before his companions could build on his initiative, however, the flat of a Firbolg cutlass crashed heavily into the halflings little body, sending him flying into the stone wall.
If water didn't run through it, they'd build on it, and sometimes over it.
I had a sense that it was not going to get too heavy, but I worried, since it was beginning to stick on the road and especially to build on the scattered patches of grass and on the cedars.