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characterize
[kar-ik-tuh-rahyz]
verb (used with object)
to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of.
Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
to describe the character or individual quality of.
He characterized her in a few well-chosen words.
to attribute character to.
to characterize him as a coward.
characterize
/ ˈkærɪktəˌraɪz /
verb
to be a characteristic of
loneliness characterized the place
to distinguish or mark as a characteristic
to describe or portray the character of
Other Word Forms
- characterizable adjective
- characterizer noun
- mischaracterize verb (used with object)
- recharacterize verb (used with object)
Word History and Origins
Origin of characterize1
Example Sentences
Sharing these videos helps shift the public narrative of ICE from “scary and powerful to laughable and weak,” allowing oppressed communities to vindicate their moral superiority against what the author characterizes as evil.
Dehn and others have characterized that reading of the code as semantic and divorced from its legal context.
Sure, al-Jasser died as part of what Human Rights Watch and the Middle East Democracy Center characterize as “an unprecedented surge in executions in 2025 without apparent due process.”
Al-Astal refused being characterized as a traitor, saying family members, including his sister, were killed by Israeli bombs.
They had previously been characterized as entirely herbivorous, like gorillas, Goodall observed them hunting, killing and eating small mammals such as bush pigs and colobus monkeys, by any standard a complicated collaborative enterprise.
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