also build-up n.

1. The act or process of amassing or increasing: a military buildup; a buildup of tension during the strike.
2. The result of building up: a pipe clogged by rust buildup.
3. 1. Widely favorable publicity, especially by a systematic campaign: The new movie was given a tremendous buildup in the media.
   2. Extravagant praise.

noun

1. The act of increasing or rising: aggrandizement, amplification, augment, augmentation, boost, enlargement, escalation, growth, hike, increase, jump, multiplication, proliferation, raise, rise, swell, upsurge, upswing, upturn. See increase/decrease.
2. The result or product of building up: accretion, development, enlargement, multiplication, proliferation. See increase/decrease.
3. A systematic effort or part of this effort to increase the importance or reputation of by favorable publicity: advertisement, ballyhoo, promotion, publicity, puffery. Informal pitch, plug. Slang hype. See knowledge/ignorance.

n

Definition: development; accumulation
Antonyms: decrease, destruction, reduction

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n. the process or act of attaining prescribed strength of units and levels of vehicles, equipment, stores, and supplies.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

(DOD, NATO) 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.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - bebygget, udbygget

Nederlands (Dutch)
opeenstapeling, filevorming, opbouw, opvoering, uitbreiding, opeenhoping

Français (French)
n. - accumulation, intensification, (Mil) rassemblement, accroissement (de la production), (Comm) accumulation (d'un stock), montée, (fig) présentation publicitaire

Deutsch (German)
n. - Reklame, Vorbereitungen, Anhäufung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συγκέντρωση, συσσώρευση, ανάπτυξη, αύξηση, κλιμάκωση, προετοιμασία, προεόρτια, προβολή, διαφήμιση

Italiano (Italian)
accumulo, congestione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - aumento (m)

Русский (Russian)
накопление, скопление

Español (Spanish)
n. - aumento, congestión

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - utbyggnad, uppbyggande

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
组织, 增强, 组成

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 組織, 增強, 組成

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 증강, 줄거리, 선전

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 増強, 強化, 蓄積

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تحضير أعلامي, تزايد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮יצירת תדמית, פיתוח, גידול‬

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