noun
- An imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story. )
- usage: "she is the main character in the novel"
- synonyms: fictional character, fictitious character
- A characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something.
- usage: "each town has a quality all its own"; "the radical character of our demands"
- The inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions."education has for its object the formation of character- Herbert Spencer
- An actor's portrayal of someone in a play.
- usage: "she played the part of Desdemona"
- synonyms: role, theatrical role, part, persona
- A person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities. )
- usage: "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case"
- Good repute.
- usage: "he is a man of character"
- A formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability.
- usage: "requests for character references are all too often answered evasively"
- synonyms: reference, character reference
- A written symbol that is used to represent speech.
- usage: "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"
- synonyms: grapheme, graphic symbol
- Genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes. (
verb
- Engrave or inscribe characters on. .
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