Pronunciation Noun
character
- (countable) A being involved in the action of a story.
- (countable) A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; phene.
- A single locus governing the petal colour character was detected on the linkage group A2.
- (uncountable, countable) A complex of traits marking a person, group, breed, or type.
- A man of […] thoroughly subservient character
- A study of the suspect's character and his cast iron alibi ruled him out.
- (uncountable) Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength.
- He has a great deal of character.
- "You may not like to eat liver," said Calvin's father, "but it builds character."
- (countable) A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially charisma.
- Julius Caesar is a great historical character.
- That bloke is such a character.
- (countable) A written or printed symbol, or letter.
- It were much to be wished that there were throughout the world but one sort of character for each letter to express it to the eye.
- (countable, dated) Style of writing or printing; handwriting; the particular form of letters used by a person or people.
- an inscription in the Runic character
- {{RQ:Shakespeare Lear|I|ii|passage=You know the character to be your brother's?
- (countable, dated) A secret cipher; a way of writing in code.
- (countable, computing) One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character.
- (countable, informal) A person or individual, especially one who is unknown or raises suspicions.
- We saw a shady character slinking out of the office with some papers.
- That old guy is a real character.
- (countable, mathematics) A complex number representing an element of a finite Abelian group.
- (countable) Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty.
- in the miserable character of a slave
- in his character as a magistrate
- (countable, dated) The estimate, individual or general, put upon a person or thing; reputation.
- a man's character for truth and veracity
- Her actions give her a bad character.
- 1705 (revised 1718), Joseph Addison, Remarks on Several Parts of Italy
- This subterraneous passage is much mended since Seneca gave so bad a character of it.
- (countable, dated) A reference given to a servant, attesting to his/her behaviour, competence, etc.
- (countable, obsolete) Personal appearance.
- French: personnage
- German: Figur, Person
- Italian: personaggio
- Portuguese: personagem
- Russian: персона́ж
- Spanish: personaje
- French: caractère
- German: Charakter
- Italian: carattere, caratteristica
- Portuguese: caráter (Brazil), carácter (Portugal)
- Russian: хара́ктер
- Spanish: característica, carácter
- Russian: хара́ктер
- French: caractère
- German: Charakter
- Italian: carattere
- Portuguese: fortaleza moral, caráter (Brazil), carácter (Portugal)
- Russian: хара́ктер
- Spanish: carácter
- French: personnage
- German: Original
- Italian: personaggio
- Portuguese: figura, peça
- Russian: ли́чность
- Spanish: personaje
- French: caractère
- German: Buchstabe, Zeichen, Schriftzeichen
- Italian: carattere
- Portuguese: caractere
- Russian: бу́ква
- Spanish: carácter
- French: caractère
- German: Character, Zeichen
- Italian: carattere
- Portuguese: caractere, caráter
- Russian: си́мвол
- Spanish: carácter
- Russian: тип
- French: caractère
character (characters, present participle charactering; past and past participle charactered)
- (obsolete) To write (using characters); to describe.
- c. 1598–1600, William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals):, [Act II, scene vii]:
- O Roſalind, theſe Trees ſhall be my Bookes, / And in their barkes my thoughts Ile charracter, / That euery eye, which in this Forreſt lookes, / Shall ſee thy vertue witneſt euery where.
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