building
bildverb
A11,919th most heard wordIn 93 of 3788 videos (2%)heard 183 timeslast on Oct 27, 2026
- v. build or establish something abstract
- v. improve the cleansing action of
- v. order, supervise, or finance the construction of
Across the 3,788 English YouTube videos LingoDew uses to teach English, “building” is heard 183 times in 93 videos from 42 channels, the 1,919th most heard word. Unofficial CEFR word lists put it at A1.
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- 18:57Last year, I went to a really incredible cultural space that was all about learning about the Taíno culture, and we had a lot of ancient petroglyphs and and buildings.去年我去过一个非常棒的文化场所，是关于了解泰诺文化的，那里有很多古老的岩画和建筑。Real Life English Conversation: Top 10 Puerto Rico Planning
- 10:41Some buildings are being made new, and some construction work is being done in the parks and everything.有些建筑正在翻新，公园里等地方也在进行一些施工。IELTS Speaking Band 7.5 India: with Subtitles and Feedback
- 17:52I counted how many apartment buildings there are here.我数了这里有多少栋公寓楼。LEARN 50 English Action Verbs Through Real Actions | Comprehensible Input
- 5:30Architect Thomas Heatherwick included a slide in his TED talk showing an elegant high-rise apartment complex with curved buildings and a park at ground level, painting a future many listeners would be thrilled to inhabit.建筑师托马斯·赫斯维克在他的TED演讲中加入了一张幻灯片，展示了一座优雅的高层公寓群，建筑曲线优美，地面还有公园，描绘了一个让许多听众都渴望居住的未来。How to present your ideas effectively
- 0:51They say that there aren't enough teachers and that school buildings are in a bad condition.他们说教师数量不足，而且校舍状况糟糕。Riot police clash with school protesters in France | BBC Learning English from the News
How it's said
Forms and phrases that come up again and again in the videos.
- Forms you'll hear
- buildings
- Often heard with
- tall building19×building in13×building are10×building be7×these building7×
Related words
Words that come up in the same clips.
city'sitin. a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districtshikehaikn. a long walk usually for exercise or pleasurelocal'lәukәln. public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stopsbeachbi:tʃn. an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lakemuseummju:'ziәmn. a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic valuedancedæns. dɑ:nsn. an artistic form of nonverbal communication
Practice it in LingoDew
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