build on


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Verb1.build on - be based on; of theories and claims, for example; "What's this new evidence based on?"
build upon, repose on, rest on
depend on, depend upon, devolve on, hinge on, hinge upon, turn on, ride - be contingent on; "The outcomes rides on the results of the election"; "Your grade will depends on your homework"
owe - be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense; "This new theory owes much to Einstein's Relativity Theory"
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Translations

w>build on

vt sep → anbauen; to build something onto something → etw an etw (acc) → anbauen
vi +prep obj → bauen auf (+acc)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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