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Definitions for characterise
char·ac·terise
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Princeton's WordNet
characterize, characteriseverb
be characteristic of
"What characterizes a Venetian painting?"
qualify, characterize, characteriseverb
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"
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Rank popularity for the word 'characterise' in Verbs Frequency: #893
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of characterise in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of characterise in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of characterise in a Sentence
We have been talking about it being the beginning of the end and that's still the way I would characterise it, what it will have done, I think, is raised some doubts in people's minds that the bull run is not without end.
Noble birth is an accident of fortune, noble actions characterise the great.
This new resistance locus is particularly interesting because it lies so close to genes that are gatekeepers for the malaria parasite's invasion machinery, we now need to drill down at this locus to characterise these complex patterns of genetic variation more precisely and to understand the molecular mechanisms by which they act.
There are still growth headwinds, currency headwinds, so prices will struggle to maintain rallies. This risk-on, risk-off mentality will characterise our summer period and the weeks ahead of us look to be pretty choppy.
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