characterise

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb be characteristic of
  2. verb describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of

Etymology

From character + -ise.

In classic literature

Synonyms

characterize

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