build character in English

Forms: builds character [present, singular, third-person], building character [participle, present], built character [participle, past], built character [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|build<,,built> character}} build character (third-person singular simple present builds character, present participle building character, simple past and past participle built character)

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "builds character",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "building character",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "built character",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "built character",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1989 January 2, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic)",
          "text": "Pretty convenient how every time I build character, he saves a couple hundred dollars.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To improve a person's character by developing personality traits such as resilience or responsibility."
      ],
      "id": "en-build_character-en-verb-b0eIbGxO",
      "links": [
        [
          "improve",
          "improve"
        ],
        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ],
        [
          "personality",
          "personality"
        ],
        [
          "trait",
          "trait"
        ],
        [
          "resilience",
          "resilience"
        ],
        [
          "responsibility",
          "responsibility"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To improve a person's character by developing personality traits such as resilience or responsibility."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "character-building"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "build character"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "builds character",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "building character",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "built character",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "built character",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "build<,,built> character"
      },
      "expansion": "build character (third-person singular simple present builds character, present participle building character, simple past and past participle built character)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "character-building"
    }
  ],
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        "English lemmas",
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      ],
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          "ref": "1989 January 2, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic)",
          "text": "Pretty convenient how every time I build character, he saves a couple hundred dollars.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To improve a person's character by developing personality traits such as resilience or responsibility."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "improve",
          "improve"
        ],
        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ],
        [
          "personality",
          "personality"
        ],
        [
          "trait",
          "trait"
        ],
        [
          "resilience",
          "resilience"
        ],
        [
          "responsibility",
          "responsibility"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To improve a person's character by developing personality traits such as resilience or responsibility."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "build character"
}

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"build character" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms