characterize

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

verb

1. describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of (Freq. 9)
- You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist
- This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover
• Syn:
qualify, characterise
• Derivationally related forms:
characterisation (for: characterise), character (for: characterise), characterization, character, quality (for: qualify)
• Hypernyms:
remember, think of
• Hyponyms:
distinguish, mark, differentiate, stamp
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
2. be characteristic of (Freq. 8)
- What characterizes a Venetian painting?
• Syn:
characterise
• Derivationally related forms:
character (for: characterise), character
• Hypernyms:
distinguish, mark, differentiate
• Hyponyms:
individuate, define
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  characterise, qualify