| query | If something is c____________ by a particular feature or quality, that feature or quality is an obvious part of it.If something is characterized by a particular feature or quality, that feature or quality is an obvious part of it. This election campaign has been characterized by violence. A bold use of colour characterizes the bedroom. |
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| word | characterize |
| full-definition | verb If something is characterized by a particular feature or quality, that feature or quality is an obvious part of it. This election campaign has been characterized by violence. A bold use of colour characterizes the bedroom. If you characterize someone or something as a particular thing, you describe them as that thing. Both companies have characterized the relationship as friendly. This play is characterized as a comedy. I don't fully agree with that characterization of the welfare system. |
| inflections | characterizescharacterizingcharacterizedcharacterizationcharacterizations |
| cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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