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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.
- 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.
- During adolescence , boys and girls will take on secondary sexual characteristics.
- It's impossible to look at yourself in a pair of new frames and not see another character. Times, Sunday Times
- Rules exist to be violated, so that the ‘bastard’ may be more violently characterized and the audience engaged in revengeful fury.
- It was of a suitable Ash Wednesday character and left the congregation feeling sober and a little cast down.
- 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
- There are a few plotlines and characters - Sophie's mother in particular - that are somewhat redundant and unnecessary.
