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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

build character en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To improve a person's character by developing personality traits such as resilience or responsibility.
    • Pretty convenient how every time I build character, he saves a couple hundred dollars. 1989 January 2, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic):

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
builds character Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
building character Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
built character Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
built character Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

character-building

Translations (1)

sv dana karaktär (Translations)