Building and Format

Building

Building noun - Something built as a dwelling, shelter, or place for human activity.

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Format and building are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Format" instead a noun "Building".

Nearby Words: build, buildup, builder

Format noun - The way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized.

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Building and format are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Building" instead a noun "Format".

old	old building	old format
full	full building	full format
special	special building	special format
similar	similar building	similar format
Other adjectives: normal, specific, complete, regular, original, single, small, entire, main, new, unique, strange, different.

In Community, Abed frequently refers to his life in the format of seasons and refers to tropes, though instead of Abed actually being meta he's simply building a framing device around his own life.

Source: Escapism
Raising Sim: The third game shifts into this format, which include a couple of stats screen and skill-building.

Source: Visual Novel / Heileen
The flashbacks on The Flash (2014) don't have a half-arc themselves, but the show otherwise follows it's parent series, Arrow's format with Barry fighting Monsters of the Week with a slowly building season long plot orchestrated by his mentor figure Harrison Wells.

Source: Half-Arc Season

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