buildings
BIL-dingz/ˈbɪldɪŋz/
- 1Plural of building.
The city approved permits for several new office buildings downtown.
Many older buildings in the district were renovated last year.
Note
Only the countable building, the structure with walls and a roof, takes this plural. The building that means construction itself is uncountable, so the building of a bridge never becomes plural. The spelling can mislead: build has an -ing form, but a verb form never adds -s, so buildings is always a noun and always means the structures themselves.
buildings is a form of building
building, noun: A closed standing structure with walls and a roof, such as a house or office. Full entry
- Forms
- buildingbuildings plural
- Spelling
- building → buildings: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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