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characterize

English

Alternative forms

characterise

Etymology

From Medieval Latin characterizare, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (kharakt?ríz?, “to designate by a characteristic mark”), from ???????? (kharakt?r, “a mark, character”). Synchronically analyzable as character +? -ize.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /?k???kt??a?z/, /?kæ??kt??a?z/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kæ??kt??a?z/
Hyphenation: char?ac?ter?ize

Verb

characterize (third-person singular simple present characterizes, present participle characterizing, simple past and past participle characterized)

(transitive) To depict someone or something a particular way (often negative).
(transitive) To be typical of.
(transitive) To determine the characteristics of.

Derived terms

characterization
subcharacterize

Translations

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