characterize

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

char·ac·ter·ize (BrE also-ise) [characterize characterizes characterized characterizing] BrE [ˈkærəktəraɪz] NAmE [ˈkærəktəraɪz] verb (formal)
1. ~ sb/sth to be typical of a person, place or thing
•the rolling hills that characterize this part of England
2. ~ sb/sth often passive to give sb/sth its typical or most noticeable qualities or features
•The city is characterized by tall modern buildings in steel and glass.
3. ~ sb/sth (as sth) to describe or show the qualities of sb/sth in a particular way
•activities that are characterized as ‘male’ or ‘female’ work
•How would you characterize the mood of the 1990s?
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Word Origin:
late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘engrave, inscribe’): from French caractériser or medieval Latin characterizare, from Greek kharaktērizein, from kharaktēr ‘a stamping tool’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  characterise, qualify