build-out
noun
variants
or less commonly buildout
plural build-outs also buildouts
1
a
: work done to make a structure or system ready for use or to bring a construction or development project to a completed state
When the build-out of the campus is complete, as many as 7,500 students will attend class there.—
Janis L. Magin
Janis L. Magin
b
: work done to expand a system (such as a telecommunications system)
The buildout of new infrastructure for digital cellular telephony is at such an early stage that it's impossible to predict what the performance of some of the systems will be.—Brian C. Fenton
Brian C. Fenton
c
: a project or process involving such work
Of course, the Chinese are traveling and spending more in their own country too, in part because of a gigantic infrastructure build-out; China will have constructed more high-speed-rail capacity by the end of the decade than is currently operating in the rest of the world, some 10,000 miles' (16,000 km) worth.—Bill Saporito
Bill Saporito2
: a state in which an area has been fully developed
At build-out, the community is planned to include retail, restaurant and office space, a hotel, urban-style and loft apartments, townhomes, and condominiums.—The Flower Mound (Texas) Leader
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The Apparel Group led the store build-out, while Marquee oversees the branding and helped with product direction.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 25 July 2025
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—Paulo Carvão, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
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But with $200,000 put into the build-out for Trybal, Sankeu is ready to have a more permanent home.
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David Moin, Footwear News, 25 July 2025
To support this build-out, the plan may propose energy policies and electrical grid improvements aimed at ensuring reliable, scalable power for AI workloads.
—Paulo Carvão, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
Retaining customers has proven to be one of the biggest hurdles in the build-out of streaming.
—Ali McCadden,lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 18 July 2025
But with $200,000 put into the build-out for Trybal, Sankeu is ready to have a more permanent home.
—Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 15 July 2025
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“Build-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/build-out. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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