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characterize
[kar-ik-tuh-rahyz]
verb (used with object)
to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of.
Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
to describe the character or individual quality of.
He characterized her in a few well-chosen words.
to attribute character to.
to characterize him as a coward.
characterize
/ Ė°ģƦ°łÉŖ°ģ³ŁÉĖ°ł²¹ÉŖ³ś /
verb
to be a characteristic of
loneliness characterized the place
to distinguish or mark as a characteristic
to describe or portray the character of
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- characterizable adjective
- characterizer noun
- mischaracterize verb (used with object)
- recharacterize verb (used with object)
- Ė³¦³ó²¹°ł²¹³¦³Ł±š°łĖ¾±³ś²¹²ś±ō±š adjective
- Ė³¦³ó²¹°ł²¹³¦³Ł±š°łĖ¾±³ś±š°ł noun
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of characterize1
Example Sentences
During a week of protest, Los Angeles is the center stage of the national immigration debate, with pundits on both sides characterizing the fight through the lens of their respective viewpoints.
OrbƔn's Hungarian regime has often been characterized as modern authoritarianism or a "hybrid regime of electoral autocracy," one in which power is accumulated by the ruling party over time through creative quasi-legal means.
Unlike the rebellious music that characterized rock in the ā50s, the Beach Boysā songs were full of sunshine and good times: āFun, Fun, Fun,ā āI Get Aroundā and the classic āGood Vibrations.ā
Angelica Salas, executive director of the Coalition for Human Rights of Los Angeles characterized the sweeps as an unprecedented āenforcement blitzā in which people are being āindiscriminatelyā targeted.
Ron Washington took a page out of the characterized version of himself from the 2011 film āMoneyballā when asked about how difficult it would be to revive the Angelsā sputtering offense.
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