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Noun
  • (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes
  • a written symbol that is used to represent speech
    • the Greek alphabet has 24 characters
  • 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
  • good repute
    • he is a man of character
  • a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
    • a real character
    • a strange character
    • a friendly eccentric
    • the capable type
    • a mental case
  • an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
    • she played the part of Desdemona
  • 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
  • a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
    • each town has a quality all its own
    • the radical character of our demands
  • an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
    • she is the main character in the novel
Verb
  • engrave or inscribe characters on
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