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character
noun(char-ac-ter)a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability
Synonyms: character reference, reference,
Examples:
Requests for character references are all too often answered evasively.
character
noun(char-ac-ter)a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
Examples:
A real character.
A strange character.
A strange character.
character
noun(char-ac-ter)the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Examples:
Education has for its object the formation of character.
character
noun(char-ac-ter)an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
Synonyms: fictional character, fictitious character,
Examples:
She is the main character in the novel.
character
noun(char-ac-ter)a written symbol that is used to represent speech
Examples:
The Greek alphabet has 24 characters.
character
noun(char-ac-ter)a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
Examples:
The radical character of our demands.
character
noun(char-ac-ter)an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
character
verb(char-ac-ter)engrave or inscribe characters on
character
noun(char-ac-ter)(genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes
character
noun(char-ac-ter)good repute
Examples:
He is a man of character.