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characterise::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | characterize, qualify |
| Type of | think of, remember |
| Has types | differentiate, mark, stamp, distinguish |
| Derivation | character, characterisation |
characterise::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | characterize |
| Type of | distinguish, differentiate, mark |
| Has types | define, individuate |
| Derivation | character |
Examples of characterise
characterise
It takes very sensitive tests to pick out and characterise the Ebola antibodies.
From the newscientist.com
If I had to characterise that shift, I would describe it in the following terms.
From the independent.co.uk
Mainstream Christians characterise this teaching as the heresy of Binitarianism.
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And it would be wrong to characterise arbitration as a cut-price form of justice.
From the guardian.co.uk
I think it's too simplistic to characterise Still's world of nature as eroticised.
From the guardian.co.uk
Very cold winters and hot summers characterise the climate of the upper highlands.
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Many theories in psychology characterise development in terms of designated stages.
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However, it is the specifically Vajrayana texts that most strongly characterise it.
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Critics such as Webster insist on the continuities that characterise change.
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- Characterize: be characteristic of; "What characterizes a Venetian painting?"
- Qualify: describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of; "You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist"; "This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover"
- (characterisation) word picture: a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"; "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters"
- (Characterisation (conflict)) In Conflict of Laws, characterisation is the second stage in the procedure to resolve a lawsuit involving a foreign law element. This process is described in English law as classification and as qualification in French law. ...
- (Characterisation (mathematics)) In mathematics, the statement that "Property P characterizes object X" means, not simply that X has property P, but that X is the only thing that has property P. It is also common to find statements such as "Property Q characterises Y up to isomorphism". ...
- (Characterisation) The process of giving a nature and possible cause to an ultrasonic reflector.
- (Characterisation) a process of identifying the individual characteristics or qualities which make up the distinctive nature of a place.
- (characterisation) the technique by which a writer clothes the personae of his story (play, novel, etc) to make them credible. The way in which a writer creates characters so as to attract or repel our sympathy. Different kinds of literature have certain conventions of characterisation. ...
