character

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Contents 1 Pronunciation 2 Noun 2.1 Synonyms 2.2 Related words

[change] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkærəktə/
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[change] Noun

Singular character

Plural characters

1. (countable); (singular) Someone's character is things that they do, feel, and believe that makes them a certain type of person.

   He's got a really funny character.

   He couldn't have done something so mean; it's completely out of character.

2. (countable) A character is a person in a story, movie, play, etc.

   The actor played three different characters in the movie.

   I really want to like the main character in the book, but I find I can't.

3. (countable) A character is one individual mark in a writing system, such as a letter, number, or punctuation mark.

   The text was written in a mixture of Chinese characters, Arabic numerals and Roman letters.

[change] Synonyms

• part
• characteristic
• letter

[change] Related words

• characteristic
• characteristically
• characterize / characterise
• characterization
• uncharacteristic
• uncharacteristically

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