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Characterizations can have many parents: form (or subform), entry acceptation or subentry acceptation, translation, reference, etymology. Sometimes, it can be tricky to choose between them. Here are some keys to guide you on these choices.

• You will put the characterization under a form (or a subform) when it's something relative to the word itself, with no relation to its meaning. Usually, it's geographical area, language of use, chronological information. It can be the register when this register is inherent to the word (like "shit" which is intrinsically vulgar).
• You will put the characterization under an acceptation when this characterization is linked to the word meaning and/or to the context. Usually, it's antonyms, synonyms and hypernyms, area of knowledge, grammatical use, Latin name, use level, style, usual collocation. It can be the register when this register is linked to the word context (like "screw" which can be vulgar in "screw a girl" but not in "screw a bookshelf"). It can also be the subcategory of the headword if you decided to have different acceptations corresponding to different subcategories (e.g. transitive, intransitive, etc.).
• You will put the characterization under a translation when this characterization is linked to the word meaning and/or to the context, but only for the forms in this translation, not for all the forms in the acceptation. Usually, it is used to add a nuance to a more global meaning. I.e. "ami: friend; budy (familiar)".
• If you want to add a characterization about an etymon, you can't add the characterization element under the etymon one. You will then put it under the etymology element.
• You will put a characterization under a reference when you want to add an information about a meaning nuance of the reference forms.