Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Constructed as part of a larger unit; not detachable.
- adjective Forming a permanent or essential element or quality.
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- adjective
constructed as a non-detachable part of alarger structure - adjective being an
essential andpermanent part of something - adjective of an included
feature that normally comes as anextra
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective existing as an essential constituent or characteristic
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Examples
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These so-called built-in stabilizers increase the deficit but limit declines of after-tax income and purchasing power, economists Kenneth Arrow, Peter Diamond, William Sharpe, Eric Maskin and Robert Solow wrote.
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These so-called built-in stabilizers increase the deficit but limit declines of after-tax income and purchasing power, economists Kenneth Arrow, Peter Diamond, William Sharpe, Eric Maskin and Robert Solow wrote.
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In Old English, word endings conveyed which creature is doing the biting and which is being bitten, so there was built-in flexibility for word order.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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In Old English, word endings conveyed which creature is doing the biting and which is being bitten, so there was built-in flexibility for word order.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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It has held without the built-in assurances provided by a parliamentary system.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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So this writing system has a built-in appeal for writers and readers spread over vast areas—say, the entire planet—across which such variations range widely, even wildly.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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It has held without the built-in assurances provided by a parliamentary system.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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So this writing system has a built-in appeal for writers and readers spread over vast areas—say, the entire planet—across which such variations range widely, even wildly.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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The second mystery concerns how you have a built-in mechanism that enables you to be moved by something outside your control.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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It has held without the built-in assurances provided by a parliamentary system.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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