What does build upon mean?

build upon means "be based on; of theories and claims, for example".

What is another word for build upon?

Close synonyms include repose on, rest on, build on. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is build upon a common word?

build upon is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

build upon — meaning, pronunciation and definition

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1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
be based on; of theories and claims, for example
“What's this new evidence based on?”
Synonymsrepose on rest on build on
Broaderdepend on
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