buildup

buildup
The process of attaining prescribed strength of units and prescribed levels of vehicles, equipment, stores, and supplies. Also may be applied to the means of accomplishing this process.

Military dictionary. 2000.

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  • buildup — uild up, build up uild up . 1. the act of building up an accumulation. Syn: build up. [WordNet 1.5] 2. the events, such as advertising or publicity, causing increased interest in some coming event. The buildup to Superbowl XXIV was the most… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • buildup — ☆ buildup or build up [bild′up΄ ] n. Informal 1. praise or favorable publicity, esp. when systematic and intended to make something popular, well known, etc. 2. a gradual increase in amount, power, influence, etc.; expansion [a military buildup] …   English World dictionary

  • Buildup — Buildup. См. Наращивание. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …   Словарь металлургических терминов

  • buildup — 1927, accumulation of positive publicity, from BUILD (Cf. build) + UP (Cf. up). Of any accumulation (but especially military) from 1943 …   Etymology dictionary

  • buildup — [n] development; accumulation accretion, advertising, enlargement, escalation, expansion, gain, growth, heap, hype, increase, load, mass, plug, promotion, publicity, puff*, stack, stockpile, store; concepts 230,704,787 Ant. decrease, destruction …   New thesaurus

  • buildup — /bild up /, n. 1. a building up, as of military forces; increase in amount or number. 2. a process of growth; strengthening; development: the buildup of heavy industry. 3. an accumulation, as of a particular type of material: a buildup of salt… …   Universalium

  • buildup — build|up [ bıld,ʌp ] noun count usually singular 1. ) a gradual increase in the amount or level of something: The greenhouse effect is caused by the buildup of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. 2. ) the time before an event when people are… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • buildup — / bɪldʌp/ noun a gradual increase ● a buildup in sales or a sales buildup ● There will be a big publicity buildup before the launch of the new model. ● There has been a buildup of complaints about customer service …   Dictionary of banking and finance

  • buildup — noun 1. the act of building up an accumulation (Freq. 3) I envied his rapid buildup of assets a military buildup in preparation for the invasion • Derivationally related forms: ↑build up • Hypernyms: ↑accumulation, ↑accrual …   Useful english dictionary

  • buildup — noun 1) the buildup of military strength Syn: increase, growth, expansion, escalation, development, proliferation 2) the buildup of carbon dioxide Syn: accumulation, accretion 3) the buildup for the World Cup …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • buildup — n. a military buildup * * * a military buildup …   Combinatory dictionary

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