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UK
/kˈæɹɪktɐ/
]
[ US /ˈkɛɹɪktɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈkɛɹɪktɝ/ ]
NOUN
- (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes
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an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
she is the main character in the novel -
a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
a friendly eccentric
the capable type
a real character
a strange character
a mental case -
a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability
requests for character references are all too often answered evasively -
good repute
he is a man of character -
a written symbol that is used to represent speech
the Greek alphabet has 24 characters -
a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
each town has a quality all its own
the radical character of our demands -
the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
education has for its object the formation of character -
an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
she played the part of Desdemona
VERB
- engrave or inscribe characters on
How To Use character In A Sentence
- Three tall memorial archways inscribed with Chinese characters stand outside the temple.
- The poems, plays, and essays of the committed cultural nationalist are characterized by a markedly hortatory or didactic manner.
- During adolescence , boys and girls will take on secondary sexual characteristics.
- It may be a little early but I was just wondering if you could characterize the impact of the label amendment in terms of the new patient starts in to the new year? SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
- The following years were characterized by rifts with Russia, in which the Ukraine jealously guarded its own independence against its overbearing neighbour.
- Apart from any other objection, a different classification would be reached if the characters were used in a different sequence.
- It was of a suitable Ash Wednesday character and left the congregation feeling sober and a little cast down.
- I blame it all on becca who called me in the middle of the night to talk to me all about how the two best friends names are Kate and Becca and that the main character lives in apartment 601 as my address and other kooky details that i have been trying to forget nightly since i saw that movie, And then every sound is that kid coming out of the television and im only writing about it now in order to expunge as i fear she will grab hold of my foot from under the desk and eat me or turn me into something decomposing or whatever it is she does. I-claudius Diary Entry
- There are a few plotlines and characters - Sophie's mother in particular - that are somewhat redundant and unnecessary.
- It's not entirely accurate - the book is a bit darker than that, but there is a fair bit of lovable eccentricity to the characters.
