"characterize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈkɛɹəktəɹaɪz/ [General-American], /ˈkæɹəktəɹaɪz/ [General-American], /ˈkæɹəktəɹaɪz/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: characterizes [present, singular, third-person], characterizing [participle, present], characterized [participle, past], characterized [past]
Etymology: From Medieval Latin characterizare, from Ancient Greek χαρακτηρίζω (kharaktērízō, “to designate by a characteristic mark”), from χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “a mark, character”). By surface analysis, character + -ize. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ML.|characterizare}} Medieval Latin characterizare, {{der|en|grc|χαρακτηρίζω||to designate by a characteristic mark}} Ancient Greek χαρακτηρίζω (kharaktērízō, “to designate by a characteristic mark”), {{m|grc|χαρακτήρ||a mark, character}} χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “a mark, character”), {{surf|en|character|-ize}} By surface analysis, character + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} characterize (third-person singular simple present characterizes, present participle characterizing, simple past and past participle characterized)
  1. (transitive) To depict someone or something a particular way (often negative). Tags: transitive Translations (to depict someone or something a particular way): բնորոշել (bnorošel) (Armenian), carauterizar (Asturian), характарызава́ць (xaraktaryzavácʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Belarusian), ахарактарызава́ць (axaraktaryzavácʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), характеризирам (harakteriziram) (Bulgarian), caracteritzar (Catalan), karakteriseren (Dutch), iseloomustama (Estonian), luonnehtia (Finnish), caractériser (French), dépeindre (French), caracterizar (Galician), charakterisieren (German), tréithrigh (Irish), charakteryzować [imperfective] (Polish), barwić [imperfective] (Polish), caracterizar [Brazil, Portugal] (Portuguese), caraterizar [Portugal] (Portuguese), caracteriza (Romanian), характеризова́ть (xarakterizovátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), охарактеризова́ть (oxarakterizovátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), comharraich (Scottish Gaelic), caracterizar (Spanish), karakterize etmek (Turkish), характеризува́ти (xarakteryzuváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), схарактеризува́ти (sxarakteryzuváty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), охарактеризува́ти (oxarakteryzuváty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), nodweddu (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-characterize-en-verb-hJAtnHFY Disambiguation of 'to depict someone or something a particular way': 95 1 4
  2. (transitive) To be typical of. Tags: transitive Translations (to be typical of): karakteriseren (Dutch), iseloomustama (Estonian), χαρακτηρίζω (charaktirízo) (Greek)
    Sense id: en-characterize-en-verb-YTJ46Xby Disambiguation of 'to be typical of': 1 99 1
  3. (transitive) To determine the characteristics of. Tags: transitive Translations (to determine the characteristics of): բնորոշել (bnorošel) (Armenian), характеризирам (harakteriziram) (Bulgarian), caracteritzar (Catalan), charakterizovat (Czech), karakterizi (Esperanto), caractériser (French), caracterizar (Galician), charakterisieren (German), distingar (Ido), tréithrigh (Irish), caratterizzare (Italian), caracterizar [Brazil, Portugal] (Portuguese), caraterizar [Portugal] (Portuguese), comharraich (Scottish Gaelic), caracterizar (Spanish), karaktärisera (Swedish), prägla (Swedish), känneteckna (Swedish), karakterize etmek (Turkish), nodweddu (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-characterize-en-verb-PvL9IgAz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 15 73 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 22 23 55 Disambiguation of 'to determine the characteristics of': 1 1 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: characterise Derived forms: characterization, subcharacterize

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        {
          "ref": "2019 July 15, Greg Afinogenov, “The Jewish Case for Open Borders”, in Jewish Currents, number Summer 2019",
          "text": "[Stephen] Miller’s uncle, a neuroscientist, has been welcomed onto the public stage for his denunciations of his nephew’s immigration policies, which the elder Miller has characterized as hypocritical: the Millers’ not-so-distant Jewish ancestors were, of course, immigrants themselves.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To depict someone or something a particular way (often negative)."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To depict someone or something a particular way (often negative)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, page 82",
          "text": "There is no way to avoid the slight cups, crooks, bows and twists that characterize wood.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be typical of."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "typical",
          "typical"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To be typical of."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1998, Brian Voigt, “Glossary of Coastal Terminology”, in Department of Ecology Publication No. 98-105",
          "text": "This glossary includes terminology used in coastal science, engineering, geology, management, nearshore oceanography and the technologies that characterize, measure, describe or quantify the physical properties, processes and changes of the coastal zone.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To determine the characteristics of."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To determine the characteristics of."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɛɹəktəɹaɪz/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkæɹəktəɹaɪz/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkæɹəktəɹaɪz/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "characterise"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "bnorošel",
      "sense": "to depict someone or something a particular way",
      "word": "բնորոշել"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "to depict someone or something a particular way",
      "word": "carauterizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "xaraktaryzavácʹ",
      "sense": "to depict someone or something a particular way",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "характарызава́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "axaraktaryzavácʹ",
      "sense": "to depict someone or something a particular way",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ахарактарызава́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "harakteriziram",
      "sense": "to depict someone or something a particular way",
      "word": "характеризирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to depict someone or something a particular way",
      "word": "caracteritzar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to depict someone or something a particular way",
      "word": "karakteriseren"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to depict someone or something a particular way",
      "word": "iseloomustama"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to depict someone or something a particular way",
      "word": "luonnehtia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to depict someone or something a particular way",
      "word": "caractériser"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to depict someone or something a particular way",
      "word": "dépeindre"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to depict someone or something a particular way",
      "word": "caracterizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to depict someone or something a particular way",
      "word": "charakterisieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to depict someone or something a particular way",
      "word": "tréithrigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to depict someone or something a particular way",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "charakteryzować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to depict someone or something a particular way",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "barwić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to depict someone or something a particular way",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "Portugal"
      ],
      "word": "caracterizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to depict someone or something a particular way",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ],
      "word": "caraterizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to depict someone or something a particular way",
      "word": "caracteriza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xarakterizovátʹ",
      "sense": "to depict someone or something a particular way",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "характеризова́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oxarakterizovátʹ",
      "sense": "to depict someone or something a particular way",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "охарактеризова́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to depict someone or something a particular way",
      "word": "comharraich"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to depict someone or something a particular way",
      "word": "caracterizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to depict someone or something a particular way",
      "word": "karakterize etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "xarakteryzuváty",
      "sense": "to depict someone or something a particular way",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "характеризува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sxarakteryzuváty",
      "sense": "to depict someone or something a particular way",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "схарактеризува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "oxarakteryzuváty",
      "sense": "to depict someone or something a particular way",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "охарактеризува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to depict someone or something a particular way",
      "word": "nodweddu"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to be typical of",
      "word": "karakteriseren"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to be typical of",
      "word": "iseloomustama"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "charaktirízo",
      "sense": "to be typical of",
      "word": "χαρακτηρίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "bnorošel",
      "sense": "to determine the characteristics of",
      "word": "բնորոշել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "harakteriziram",
      "sense": "to determine the characteristics of",
      "word": "характеризирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to determine the characteristics of",
      "word": "caracteritzar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to determine the characteristics of",
      "word": "charakterizovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to determine the characteristics of",
      "word": "karakterizi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to determine the characteristics of",
      "word": "caractériser"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to determine the characteristics of",
      "word": "caracterizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to determine the characteristics of",
      "word": "charakterisieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to determine the characteristics of",
      "word": "distingar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to determine the characteristics of",
      "word": "tréithrigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to determine the characteristics of",
      "word": "caratterizzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to determine the characteristics of",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "Portugal"
      ],
      "word": "caracterizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to determine the characteristics of",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ],
      "word": "caraterizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to determine the characteristics of",
      "word": "comharraich"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to determine the characteristics of",
      "word": "caracterizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to determine the characteristics of",
      "word": "karaktärisera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to determine the characteristics of",
      "word": "prägla"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to determine the characteristics of",
      "word": "känneteckna"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to determine the characteristics of",
      "word": "karakterize etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to determine the characteristics of",
      "word": "nodweddu"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Characterization"
  ],
  "word": "characterize"
}

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