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character

nounverb /kærɪktər/ 3 syllables 9 letters Scrabble 16 WWF 17
Definitions
noun

a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability

“requests for character references are all too often answered evasively”

noun

good repute

“he is a man of character”

noun

a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)

“a real character”

noun

the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions

“education has for its object the formation of character”

noun

an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)

“she is the main character in the novel”

noun

a written symbol that is used to represent speech

“the Greek alphabet has 24 characters”

noun

a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something

“the radical character of our demands”

noun

an actor's portrayal of someone in a play

verb

engrave or inscribe characters on

noun

an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes

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