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UK
/kˈæɹɪktəɹˌaɪz/
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VERB
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describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of
You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist
This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover -
be characteristic of
What characterizes a Venetian painting?
How To Use characterise In A Sentence
- This series is characterised by perfect realism juxtaposed with wild imagination.
- Eating disorders, anorexia nervosa, and bulimia nervosa, are characterised by morbid preoccupation with weight and shape and manifest through distorted or chaotic eating behaviour.
- He has often been characterised as a madman or Satanic genius.
- My matriculation at F. & M. was characterised by total immersion in "extracurricular" activities. Hank Duckman
- Solids, liquids and gases are ideal behaviours characterised by properties such as compressibility, viscosity, elasticity, strength and hardness. Archive 2005-09-01
- Confusion and perplexity characterise the political establishment everywhere.
- For a man whose playing career was characterised by dogged resilience and bloody-minded determination, the manager cuts a very different figure.
- The tract thus characterised was about five or six acres in superficial extent; and surrounded by the same kind of coppice that covered most of the face of the country. Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt
- When we characterise these tendencies as centrist and opportunist, this is not some kind of epithet or swear word.
- Life events can be developmental in nature: weaning, toilet training and puberty are examples that characterise all people's lives.
