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characterizecharacterize /ˈkærɪktəˌraɪz/ ●○○ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEcharacterize |
| Present | I, you, we, they | characterize | | he, she, it | characterizes | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | characterized | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have characterized | | he, she, it | has characterized | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had characterized | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will characterize | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have characterized |
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| Present | I | am characterizing | | he, she, it | is characterizing | | you, we, they | are characterizing | | Past | I, he, she, it | was characterizing | | you, we, they | were characterizing | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been characterizing | | he, she, it | has been characterizing | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been characterizing | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be characterizing | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been characterizing |
THESAURUSto say what a person, thing, or situation is like by giving details about what the person or thing looks, behaves, feels, sounds etc. like or what happened in the situation► describeto say what a person, thing, or situation is like by giving details about what the person or thing looks, behaves, feels, sounds etc. like or what happened in the situation: The folk tale describes the creation of the Earth. ► tell somebody about something to talk to someone about something, and give him or her information about it: Tell me a little about your past work experience. ► write about somebody/something to describe someone or something in a piece of writing: In his book, he writes about his life in Mexico. ► give an account of something to describe what happened in a situation, especially when the story will be used officially, for example in a news report or legal case: The judge asked the witness to give her account of the robbery. ► portray formal to describe someone or something in a particular way, especially when this is wrong: She has been portrayed in the press as a business genius, but she was really just lucky. ► characterize formal to describe someone or something as a particular type of person or thing: I would characterize myself as a fair person. 1to describe the character of someone or something in a particular way: characterize somebody as something Greenspan characterized the economy as “struggling.”► see thesaurus at describe2to be typical of a person, place, or thing: He has the confidence that characterizes successful businessmen. |