亚洲网紅露点

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characterize

[ kar-ik-tuh-rahyz ]

verb (used with object)

characterized, characterizing.
  1. to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of:

    Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.

  2. to describe the character or individual quality of:

    He characterized her in a few well-chosen words.

  3. to attribute character to:

    to characterize him as a coward.



characterize

/ 藞办忙谤瑟办迟蓹藢谤补瑟锄 /

verb

  1. to be a characteristic of

    loneliness characterized the place

  2. to distinguish or mark as a characteristic
  3. to describe or portray the character of
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞肠丑补谤补肠迟别谤藢颈锄补产濒别, adjective
  • 藞肠丑补谤补肠迟别谤藢颈锄别谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 肠丑补谤路补肠路迟别谤路颈锄路补路产濒别 adjective
  • 肠丑补谤路补肠路迟别谤路颈锄路别谤 noun
  • 尘颈蝉路肠丑补谤路补肠路迟别谤路颈锄别 verb (used with object) mischaracterized mischaracterizing
  • 谤别路肠丑补谤路补肠路迟别谤路颈锄别 verb (used with object) recharacterized recharacterizing
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of characterize1

First recorded in 1585鈥95; from Medieval Latin 肠丑补谤补肠迟脓谤颈锄腻谤别, from Greek 肠丑补谤补办迟脓谤铆锄别颈苍; character, -ize
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Example Sentences

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A source who spoke to Politico characterized the situation in Hegseth's inner circle as a "knife fight."

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Cailian Press, a Chinese media outlet focused on finance, characterized the administration鈥檚 latest rhetoric as 鈥渁 sign that Trump is already softening stance on his signature tariff policies.鈥

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But one twin's diagnosis with acrania 鈥 a rare, fatal congenital disorder characterized by the full or partial absence of cranial bones 鈥 sent Brandt's world into a grief-stricken tailspin.

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The proposed metrics, published in January and approved by the county supervisors in March, conspicuously avoid the 鈥渆nding homelessness鈥 ethos that characterized the earlier measures.

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Moreover, resisting the administration鈥檚 efforts to throw sand in the machinery of justice, Wilkinson characterized Garcia鈥檚 case as easy and the court鈥檚 duty as 鈥渃lear.鈥

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