Meaning of character | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A being involved in the action of a story; a persona.
   countable
2. Idiosyncrasy, character.
3. Consistent with someone's general character or behavior: behavior that was totally in character.
4. A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; nature; phene.
   countable
5. Inconsistent with someone's general character or behavior: a response so much out of character that it amazed me.
6. A complex of traits marking a person, group, breed, or type.
   countable, uncountable
7. in (or out of) character, a. in accord with (or in violation of) one's usual behavior and disposition.
8. Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength.
   uncountable
9. A number, letter, or symbol.
10. A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially charisma.
    countable
11. (negative uncharacteristic) typical (of a person etc). He spoke with characteristic shyness; That kind of behaviour is characteristic of him. kenmerkend مُمَيِّز характерен característico charakteristický, typický bezeichnend karakteristisk χαρακτηριστικόςcaracterístico iseloomulik منش؛ مشخصه luonteenomainen typiqueמאפיין विशेष svojstven, značajan, karakterističan jellemző khas einkennandi, dæmigerður caratteristico, tipico 特有な 특유한 charakteringas, būdingas raksturīgs tipikal kenmerkendkarakte...
    negative
12. A written or printed symbol, or letter.
    countable
13. a typical quality. It is one of his characteristics to be obstinate. eienskappe ميزَه، صِفَةٌ مُمَيِّزه отличителна черта característica vlastnost, charakteristický rys die Eigenschaft karaktertræk χαρακτηριστικόcaracterística iseloomuomadus خصوصیت ominaispiirre caractéristique לְאַפייֵן विशिष्ट लक्षण značajka, karakteristika ismertetőjel ciri khas (persónu-/skapgerðar)einkenni caratteristica 特徴 특성 bruožas raksturīga pazīme sifat eigenschapkarakteregenskap, trekk, kjennetegncecha ځانكړى ، خاص...
14. Style of writing or printing; handwriting; the particular form of letters used by a person or people.
    countable, dated
15. kenmerkend بِصورَةٍ مُمَيِّزَه типично tipicamente charakteristicky bezeichnenderweise karakteristiskt χαρακτηριστικάtípicamente iseloomulikult بطور ویژه luonteenomaisesti typiquementאופייני विशिष्टापूर्वक značajan, svojstven, karakterističan jellemző módon secara khas á dæmigerðan hátt tipicamente 特徴的に 특징적으로 charakteringai, būdingai, tipiškai raksturīgi bersifat karakteristiekkarakteristisk charakterystycznie نمونه یی tipicamente tipic; caracte­ristic характерно charakteristicky značilno kar...
16. A secret cipher; a way of writing in code.
    countable, dated
17. karakterisering وَصْف، تَصْوير، خَلْقُ الشَّخْصِيّاتالرِّوائِيّه أو المَسْرَحِيَّه характерстика caracterização charakteristika, podpis die Charakterisierung karakterisering χαρακτηρισμόςcaracterización iseloomustus توصیف luonnehdinta caracté- risation אִפיוּן דְמוּת चरित्रचित्रण karakterizacija jellemzés karakterisasi skapgerðarlÿsing caratterizzazione 特徴づけ (특징, 인품 등의) 묘사 charakteristika, apibūdinimas raksturojums; raksturošana penyifatan karakterisering karakterskildring/-tegning, karakteri...
18. One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character.
    countable
19. The combination of mental characteristics and behavior that distinguishes a person or group. See Synonyms at disposition.
20. A person or individual, especially one who is unknown.
    countable, informal
21. Moral strength; integrity: an educational program designed to develop character.
22. An assignment of complex numbers to each element of a group, in particular a finite abelian group. More precisely, a group homomorphism into the group of units of a field (usually ℂ).
    countable
23. Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty.
    countable
24. The estimate, individual or general, put upon a person or thing; reputation.
    countable, dated
25. A reference given to a servant, attesting to their behaviour, competence, etc.
    countable, dated
26. Personal appearance.
    countable, obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“[I]n a tragedy, or epick poem, the hero of the piece must be advanced foremost to the view of the reader or spectator; he must outshine the rest of all the characters; he must appear the prince of them, like the sun in the Copernican system, encompassed with the less noble planets …”

“The stories did not seem to me to touch life. […] They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.”

“But Pirates! comes with all the usual Aardman strengths intact, particularly the sense that its characters and creators alike are too good-hearted and sweet to nitpick. The ambition is all in the craft rather than in the storytelling, but it’s hard to say no to the proficiency of that craft, or the mild good cheer behind it.”

“A single locus governing the petal colour character was detected on the linkage group A2.”

“We were not able to ascertain the character of the relationship.”

“A study of the suspect's character and his cast iron alibi ruled him out.”

“A man of […] thoroughly subservient character”

“Now all this was very fine, but not at all in keeping with the Celebrity's character as I had come to conceive it. The idea that adulation ever cloyed on him was ludicrous in itself. In fact I thought the whole story fishy, and came very near to saying so.”

“He has a great deal of character.”

“"You may not like to eat liver," said Calvin's father, "but it builds character."”

“Shepard: Are you attracted to other species? Kelly: Well, part of my job is predicting the motives and feelings of humans and aliens. Intimacy brings understanding. Kelly: And passion is nice wherever you find it. Character matters, not race or gender.”

“Julius Caesar is a great historical character.”

“That bloke is such a character.”

“STINGER: Don't screw around with me Maverick. You're a hell of an instinctive pilot. Maybe too good. I'd like to bust your butt but I can't. I got another problem here. I gotta send somebody from this squadron to Miramar. I gotta do something here, I still can't believe it. I gotta give you your dream shot, I'm gonna send you up against the best. You two characters are going to Top Gun.”

“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.”

“an inscription in the Runic character”

“You know the character to be your brother's?”

“We'll start at the beginning, with the basic building blocks not just of emoji, nor even digital communication, but of all written language: characters and character sets.”

“We saw a shady character slinking out of the office with some papers.”

“That old guy is a real character.”

“in the miserable character of a slave”

“in his character as a magistrate”

“a man's character for truth and veracity”

“Her actions give her a bad character.”

“This subterraneous passage is much mended since Seneca gave so bad a character of it.”

CEFR level