From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbuild something into something phrasal verb1 TBCBUILDto make something so that it is a permanent part of a wall, room etc There are three cash machines built into the wall.2 INCLUDEto make something a permanent part of a system, agreement etc Opportunities for reviewing the timings should be built into the plan. → build→ See Verb table
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build into • She continued to juggle multiple responsibilities, raising six children and building Copley into a huge and successful enterprise.• Here was a most lovely situation, a sandspit which had been built up into a peninsula.• And the pattern-maker had to build it into every pattern he made.• Were it willing to build such competition into its core services, it could no doubt save billions of dollars a year.• To reach their concessions, they build roads into previously remote areas.• Miles of poverty with modern adobe dwellings either being built or falling into ruin.• He also feared that many businesses had already built redundancies into their plans for the coming year.built into the wall• Beside the kitchen a communal bath, fed from a hot sulphur spring, was built into the wall.• On the side of the store are display cabinets built into the wall.• Inside the inn there is a fine old cupboard built into the wall and a court cupboard.• Chambers were built into the walls, and remnants of ledges suggest support for wooden floors.• Her cavity bed was built into the wall, like some ancient Roman grave. 