build character

verb

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

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Meanings

verbbuild character (third-person singular simple present builds character, present participle building character, simple past and past participle built character)

present singular third person builds character · participle present building character · participle past built character · past built character

  1. idiomaticTo 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)

Translations

Swedish dana karaktär
  • dana karaktärTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

build character. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/build%20character

MLA

“build character.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/build%20character. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “build character,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/build%20character.

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