Build on

Hello.What does 'build on' mean in:
'...organizations that build on behavioral processes.'?

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build on something also build upon something

to add another thing to something that already exists In his new book he builds on his own discoveries, and he builds on current theory. The president is building upon the extraordinary commitment to volunteerism Americans have.

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Verb

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build on - be based on; of theories and claims, for example; "What's this new evidence based on?" http://www.thefreedictionary.com/build+upon, http://www.thefreedictionary.com/repose+on, http://www.thefreedictionary.com/rest+on http://www.thefreedictionary.com/depend+on, http://www.thefreedictionary.com/depend+upon, http://www.thefreedictionary.com/devolve+on, http://www.thefreedictionary.com/hinge+on, http://www.thefreedictionary.com/hinge+upon, http://www.thefreedictionary.com/turn+on, http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ride - be contingent on; "The outcomes rides on the results of the election"; "Your grade will depends on your homework" http://www.thefreedictionary.com/owe - be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense; "This new theory owes much to Einstein's Relativity Theory"

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