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character

cha·rac·ter

UK/ˈkæ.ɹɪk.tə/ US/ˈkæɹ(ə)ktɚ/ common informal
noun (8) verb (1)

noun

1.

an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)

  • “she is the main character in the novel”
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2.

a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something

  • “each town has a quality all its own”
  • “the radical character of our demands”
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3.

the inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions

  • “education has for its object the formation of character” Herbert Spencer
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4.

an actor''s portrayal of someone in a play

  • “she played the part of Desdemona”
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5.

a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)

  • “a real character”
  • “a strange character”
  • “a friendly eccentric”
  • “the capable type”
  • “a mental case”
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6.

good repute

  • “he is a man of character”
7.

a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person''s qualifications and dependability

  • “requests for character references are all to often answered evasively”
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8.

a written symbol that is used to represent speech

  • “the Greek alphabet has 24 characters”
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verb

1.

engrave or inscribe characters on

Origin

From Middle English caracter, from Old French caractere, from Latin character, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “type, nature, character”), from χαράσσω (kharássō, “to engrave”).

Phrases

  • ASA character
  • base character
  • big-character poster
  • box-drawing character
  • break character
  • breakout character
  • build character
  • carriage control character

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