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Definition: Built-in |
Built-inAdjective1. Existing as an essential constituent or characteristic; "the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity"; "a constitutional inability to tell the truth". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "built-in" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1985. (references) |
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Computing | Built-in (Or "primitive") A built-in function or operator is one provided by the lowest level of a language implementation. This usually means it is not possible (or efficient) to express it in the language itself. Typical examples are the basic arithmetic and Boolean operators (in C syntax: +, -, *, /, %, !, &&, ||), bit manipulation operators (~, &, |, ^) and I/O primitives. Other common functions may be provided in libraries but are not built-in if they are written in the language being implemented. (1995-02-14). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: Built-inSynonyms: constitutional (adj), inbuilt (adj), inherent (adj), integral (adj). (additional references) |
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Screenplays | That's just like Jell-O on springs. Must have some sort of built-in motor or something (Some Like It Hot; writing credit: Robert Thoeren; M. Logan) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Musicians' Union Local 802, W. 52nd St., New York City. Built-in desks, detail. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Miscellaneous interiors. Chandelier and corner of room with built-in shelves. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Furniture and other home furnishings. Built-in cabinet with china I. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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Norman Mailer | Because there is very little honor left in American life, there is a certain built-in tendency to destroy masculinity in American men. |
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Health | One example of such a device is the built-in telephone amplifier. (references) | |
Although the body has built-in mechanisms for clearing free radicals from the system, scientists suspect that, under certain circumstances, free radicals can react with and damage other molecules. (references) | ||
Business | Phone models with a built-in camera are already being tested. (references) | |
Many home PC users chose to buy locally assembled units with custom-made, built-in features. (references) | ||
Smaller companies with less resources prefer the solution of a router with built-in packet filtering. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Greece | The law permits the Government to seize any property that owners are not able to document; there are built-in reporting and appeals procedures. (references) |
Economic History | Tanzania | The agreement must have built-in protection to ensure payment. (references) |
Cote D'ivoire | Cote d'Ivoire has a general purpose public expropriation law, with built-in compensation provisions, similar to that in the United States. (references) | |
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Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | So, I propose that we begin exploring how together we can make structural reforms to curb the built-in growth of spending. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | The New Covenant has built-in incentives to reward success. |
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| "Built-in" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Built-in" is used about 473 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 473 | 12,513 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
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Beginning with "built-in": built-in-obsolescence. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "built-in"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 镶入式. (various references) | |
Danish | prædefineret (predefined), indbygget (embedded, predefined). (various references) | |
Dutch | voorgedefinieerd (predefined), ingezet, ingebouwd (predefined), erin geplaatst, erin gemonteerd, erin aangebracht. (various references) | |
Finnish | sisäänrakennettu (predefined), etukäteen määritelty (predefined). (various references) | |
French | meuble encastré (built-in furniture), intrinsèque, incorporé. (various references) | |
German | vordefiniert (predefined, predifined), eingebaut (attached, built in, implemented). (various references) | |
Greek | προσδιορισμένος εκ των προτέρων (predefined), ενσωματωμένος (embedded). (various references) | |
Hungarian | beépített (built in, built-up). (various references) | |
Italian | incorporato (predefined). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | "ラン剤 (bill, bill broker, billboard, billiards, billionaire, blister agent, builder, building, building highjack, building maintenance, Burma). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | "ルトイン . (various references) | |
Korean | 붙박이. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | uilt-inbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | intrínseco (intrinsic), incorporado (incorporate, incorporated), embutido (sunk face). (various references) | |
Russian | встроенный (a ~ built, a built, integral, predefined). (various references) | |
Spanish | predefinido (predefined). (various references) | |
Swedish | inbyggt (built in), inbyggd (predefined), fördefinierad (predefined). (various references) | |
Thai | ที่มีอยู่โ"ยธรรมชาติ. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Built-in" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Beilstein, builtin, bulitin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: inbuilt. | |
| Words within the letters "b-i-i-l-n-t-u" | |
-2 letters: binit, blini, blunt, built, unlit, until. | |
-3 letters: bint, blin, bunt, inti, lint, litu, lunt, unit. | |
-4 letters: bin, bit, bun, but, lib, lin, lit, nib, nil, nit, nub, nut, til, tin, tub, tui, tun. | |
-5 letters: bi, in, it, li, nu, ti, un, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-i-i-l-n-t-u" | |
+1 letter: nubility, subtilin. | |
+2 letters: subtilins. | |
+3 letters: ebullition, infibulate, intuitable, jubilating, jubilation, nubilities, subtilisin, subtitling, tunability. | |
+4 letters: brutalising, brutalizing, bullbaiting, bulletining, ebullitions, equilibrant, fungibility, indubitable, indubitably, inequitable, inequitably, infibulated, infibulates, insalubrity, jubilations, lubricating, lubrication, outbuilding, outclimbing, publication, sublimating, sublimation, subtilisins, subtilizing, tourbillion, tribulating, tribulation, unbrilliant. | |
+5 letters: absolutizing, antiglobulin, automobiling, bifunctional, binocularity, blueprinting, boatbuilding, bullbaitings, bullfighting, connubiality, countability, disturbingly, equilibrants, inaudibility, indisputable, indisputably, inducibility, infibulating, infibulation, infusibility, insolubility, insurability, lubrications, multibillion, nebulization, nebulosities, obnubilating, obnubilation, outbuildings, publications, quantifiable, sublimations, tourbillions, tribulations, tunabilities, umbilication, undigestible, untenability. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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