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# characterize

verb (characterize, characterizes, characterized, characterizing)

«characterize» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To characterize something is to show what it is like by its special features. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/characterize/#m1)
2. To characterize is to be the mark that makes something what it is. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/characterize/#m2)

### In the lessons

in stories, the way a person or animal looks, speaks or acts shows what they are like; a fable is characterized by its rules

### Examples

- The story is characterized by clever animals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/characterize/#x1)
- His snub nose and fat back characterized him. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/characterize/#x2)
- Many fables are characterized by strict rules. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/characterize/#x3)
- Her kindness characterizes the whole tale. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/characterize/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «characterize» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/characterize/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«characterize» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/characterize.html) on Mova free.