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to characterize
01
to describe the qualities of someone or something in a certain manner
Complex Transitive: to characterize sb/sth as sth | to characterize sb/sth [adj]
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
characterize
3rd person singular
characterizes
Present participle
characterizing
Past simple
characterized
Past participle
characterized
Examples
The historian characterized the Renaissance period as a time of cultural rebirth and artistic innovation.
02
to be a typical feature or quality of someone or something
Transitive: to characterize sth
Examples
The rough terrain and dense forests characterize the landscape of the Pacific Northwest.
Lexical Tree
characterize
character
