to build character
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- Jargon
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crear un personaje
- Before starting the adventure, I spent hours to build my character just the way I wanted.
You know, because you build the character, it's not the real you.
- You know, because you build the character, it's not the real you.
- And what you've done is you built up a character, character profile more so than a long line or premise.
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Through this program, which had my entire class intrigued, we learned how to develop a plot, build character descriptions, and foreshadow through writing our novels.
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How do you build a character?
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You know, because you build the character, it's not the real you.
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I think through, you know, getting the fighting foundation down, we were able to build the character on top of that.
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It's divided into sections that explore these factors, and in each section, you build your character by responding to questions relative to your character's identity.
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Your day will come when you have found this game you love, and you have used months to carefully build your character and get the right stuff.
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"You pick this small set of things, and you don't just execute a rotation of moves for maximum damage," says Konkle, "you look and try to build a character and have a tactical style that you want to play with, and you respond to what everyone is doing."
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In the latest game, players can easily build their character by selecting different traits and appearances.
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Many players enjoy the freedom to build their character with unique skills and backgrounds during gameplay.
Synonyms
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To build something by joining parts or materials
To create a new game character for a player or the computer to control
Antonyms
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Morphology
The combination of 'build' (to create) + 'character' (a person/role) gives a readily inferable sense of creating a character, so part of the meaning is transparently compositional. However, the gaming-specific nuance of customizing attributes/appearance/skills and the competing interpretation 'build character' = develop moral qualities make the exact sense context-dependent and not fully predictable for a B1 learner.
Etymology
Build character comes from the idea of making a person in a game or story: you pick name, look and skills, so you are literally 'building' that person. So, to build character here means 'to create or customise a fictional character'.