'builds meaning' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing how an idea or message is created, or how different elements combine to create something. For example: "The author's use of metaphor builds meaning and clarity throughout the story."
Diesel cars are more expensive to build, meaning the sticker price is typically a few thousand dollars higher than that of a comparable gasoline-powered car.
But that's an unintended consequence of another government housing policy: the failure to build, meaning rising house prices under demand.
"The study of syntax and semantics together is a way of trying to understand how speakers build meaning out of the component parts—words," says Hulsey.
Krier had famously declared,"I am an architect, therefore I do not build", meaning that the modern world was too benighted to produce good architecture.
According to Mr. Dickhens, hotel rooms in Waikiki cost $600,000 or more each to build, meaning the company would have to command $600 a night to turn a profit, he said.
The scale of the damage could have been worse – the ancient city was wealthy and its vast structures were well built, meaning that large amounts of explosives – and labour – were needed to bring them down.
Mrs. Clinton called the administration's approach "fight, talk, build," meaning the United States and its allies would continue to attack militants in Afghanistan and beyond, seek peace talks with those willing to join a political process and build closer economic ties across the region.
Third, even Republicans acknowledge that Obama's turnout operation is the best that has ever been built, meaning (a) the incumbent's campaign will find every Democratic partisan there is in a swing state and (b) it will work hard to contact and energize those Democratic-leaning independents in the final eight days of the campaign.
It was sold as a framework upon which to build, meaning businesses that wanted to use it would need internal IT expertise to make it viable.
