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  1. characteristicsnoun

    Plural noun of characteristic.

    His distinguishing features as an actor were his deep voice and beautiful blue eyes which moved your soul as he spoke.


    Submitted by MaryC on April 2, 2016  

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    Rank popularity for the word 'characteristics' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2663

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of characteristics in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of characteristics in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of characteristics in a Sentence

  1. Justin Shullick:

    At Northeast Ohio College Preparatory School, our scholars are taught to embody respect, responsibility and relentlessness. All three characteristics were on display yesterday.

  2. Peter Sokolowski:

    It was a very new word at that time, his definition is not the definition that you and I would understand today. His definition was, ‘The qualities of females,’ so basically feminism to Noah Webster meant femaleness. We do see evidence that the word was used in the 19th century in a medical sense, for the physical characteristics of a developing teenager, before it was used as a political term, if you will.

  3. Jane Jarocho:

    We are currently looking at some that have related characteristics. So we are looking at bank-loan funds that may have similar problems. We're also looking at ETFs.

  4. Anna Rathbun:

    REITs may not provide the type of growth that investors might find in tech stocks, but the higher yield profile and tax-friendly characteristics make REITs attractive for more income-oriented investors.

  5. Aristophanes:

    You have all the characteristics of a popular politician a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.

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