Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To improve a person's character by developing personality traits such as resilience or responsibility.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Perseverance builds character.

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Forms

builds character, building character, built character, built character
Base formbuild character · to build character
3rd person singularbuilds character
Present participlebuilding character
Past simplebuilt character
Past participlebuilt character

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybuild character
he, she, itbuilds character

Past simpleLesson

all personsbuilt character

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave built character
he, she, ithas built character

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill build character

Word family

1 related words
Relatedcharacter-building

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
buglebuildA1builderB1buildingA1buildupbukkake
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