different between characterize vs iambic

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)

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

Derived terms

• characterization
• subcharacterize

Translations

Further reading

• characterize in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• characterize in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Alternative forms

• ïambic (rare)
• iambical
• iambick (obsolete)
• jambic

Etymology

From Middle French ïambique, from Late Latin iambicus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (iambikós), from ?????? (íambos) + -???? (-ikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??æmb?k/
• Rhymes: -æmb?k

Adjective

iambic (comparative more iambic, superlative most iambic)

1. (prosody) Consisting of iambs (metrical feet with an unstressed-stressed pattern) or characterized by their predominance. [from 16th c.]

Derived terms

• iambic pentameter
• iambic tetrameter
• iambically

Translations

Noun

iambic (plural iambics)

1. (prosody) An iamb; a line or group of lines of iambs.

Antonyms

• trochaic

Anagrams

• cimbia

Romanian

Etymology

From French iambique, from Latin iambicus.

Adjective

iambic m or n (feminine singular iambic?, masculine plural iambici, feminine and neuter plural iambice)

1. iambic

Declension