Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - characterize
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Characterize
characterize
(characterizes, characterizing, characterized) Note: in BRIT, also use 'characterise' 1. If something is characterized by a particular feature or quality, that feature or quality is an obvious part of it. (FORMAL) This election campaign has been characterized by violence... A bold use of colour characterizes the bedroom. VERB: be V-ed by n, V n 2. If you characterize someone or something as a particular thing, you describe them as that thing. (FORMAL) Both companies have characterized the relationship as friendly... = describe VERB: V n as adj/n
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transitive verb (-ized; -izing) Date: 1633 1. to describe the character or quality of ~s him as ambitious 2. to be a characteristic of ; distinguish an era ~d by greed ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. (also -ise) 1 a describe the character of. b (foll. by as) describe as. 2 be characteristic of. 3 impart character to. Derivatives characterization n. Etymology: F caract{eacute}riser or med.L characterizare f. Gk kharakterizo ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. характеризовать this action characterizes your attitude —- этот поступок свидетельствует о вашем отношении to characterize smb. —- охарактеризовать кого-л 2. отличать, служить отличительным признаком a rabbit is characterized by its long ears —- кролика отличают длинные уши a miser is characterized by greed —- жадность - отличительная черта скупца ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ also -ise BrE v 1 to be typical of a person, place, or thing (Bright, vibrant colours characterize his paintings.) 2 to describe the character of someone or something in a particular way; portray (characterize sb as sth) (I would characterize Captain Hill as a born leader of men.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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