built upon
Extended from foundations
Built upon means constructed on top of or developed from something as a foundation.
Literally, a house is built upon bedrock or pilings.
Figuratively, ideas, systems, or achievements rest on prior work: Modern physics is built upon Einstein's theories.
Their marriage was built upon mutual respect.
The phrase emphasizes that something serves as essential groundwork for what follows.
- basedLocated or established
- foundedBegan an institution
- constructedBuilt or assembled
- brick by brickGradually, through incremental effort
- basisUnderlying support or principle
grounds · layer by layer · scaffolding · precedent · reliance · framework · progression · inherited · cornerstone · extrapolation · synthesis · adaptation · theory · architecture · transformation · grass roots · expansion · enhancement
built uponfrom scratch
Starting with nothing prepared
de novo · from the ground up · ex nihilo · originated · blank slate
built upontorn down
demolished · dismantled · destroyed · razed · deconstructed
built, upon, build, builds, building, buildings, builder, builders, rebuild