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Detailed Synonyms for characterize in English

characterize:

to characterize verb, American (characterizes, characterized, characterizing)

  1. to characterize
    – describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of 1
    to characterize; to characterise
    – describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of 1
    • characterize verb, American (characterizes, characterized, characterizing)
      • You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist1
      • This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover1
    • characterise verb, British
    to typify
    – express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol 1
    • typify verb (typifies, typified, typifying)
    to mark
    • mark verb (marks, marked, marking)
  2. to characterize
    – describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of 1
    to characterize; to characterise
    – describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of 1
    • characterize verb, American (characterizes, characterized, characterizing)
      • You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist1
      • This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover1
    • characterise verb, British
    to define
    – determine the essential quality of 1
    • define verb (defines, defined, defining)
    to depict; to describe
    – give a description of 1
    • depict verb (depicts, depicted, depicting)
    • describe verb (describes, described, describing)
    to mark
    • mark verb (marks, marked, marking)
  3. to characterize
    – describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of 1
    to qualify; to characterize; characterise
    – describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of 1
    • qualify verb (qualifies, qualified, qualifying)
    • characterize verb, American (characterizes, characterized, characterizing)
      • You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist1
      • This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover1
    • characterise verb, British
  4. to characterize
    – be characteristic of 1
    to characterize; characterise
    – be characteristic of 1
    • characterize verb, American (characterizes, characterized, characterizing)
      • What characterizes a Venetian painting?1
    • characterise verb, British

Conjugations for characterize:

present
  1. characterize
  2. characterize
  3. characterizes
  4. characterize
  5. characterize
  6. characterize
simple past
  1. characterized
  2. characterized
  3. characterized
  4. characterized
  5. characterized
  6. characterized
present perfect
  1. have characterized
  2. have characterized
  3. has characterized
  4. have characterized
  5. have characterized
  6. have characterized
past continuous
  1. was characterizing
  2. were characterizing
  3. was characterizing
  4. were characterizing
  5. were characterizing
  6. were characterizing
future
  1. shall characterize
  2. will characterize
  3. will characterize
  4. shall characterize
  5. will characterize
  6. will characterize
continuous present
  1. am characterizing
  2. are characterizing
  3. is characterizing
  4. are characterizing
  5. are characterizing
  6. are characterizing
subjunctive
  1. be characterized
  2. be characterized
  3. be characterized
  4. be characterized
  5. be characterized
  6. be characterized
diverse
  1. characterize!
  2. let's characterize!
  3. characterized
  4. characterizing
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

characterize American

  1. characterize

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Related Definitions for "characterize":

  1. describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of1
    • You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist1
    • This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover1
  2. be characteristic of1
    • What characterizes a Venetian painting?1