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character
Found in thesaurus: imaginary creature, dimension, trait, enactment, portrayal, adult, reputation, testimonial, written symbol, scratch, engrave
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character
n.
nature, disposition; figure, personage; letter or symbol; digital representation of a letter or other symbol (Computers); character reference, statement of qualities and abilities
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Character
Character(s) may refer to:
Art and entertainment
- Character (arts), an agent or creature in a work of art, including literature, drama, cinema, opera, etc.
- Character sketch or character, a literary description of a character type
- Characters (Theophrastus), a classical Greek set of character sketches attributed to Theophrastus
- Character (novel), a 1936 Dutch novel by Ferdinand Bordewijk
- Character (film), a 1997 Dutch film based on that novel
- Character (album), by Dark Tranquillity
- Game character (disambiguation), various types of character in a video game or role playing game
- Player character, as above but who is controlled or whose actions are directly chosen by a player
- Non-player character, as above but not player-controlled
- Characters (Stevie Wonder album), 1987
- Characters (John Abercrombie album), 1977
- The Characters, a book by the Greek philosopher Theophrastus
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character
Noun
1. an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story); "she is the main character in the novel"
(synonym) fictional character, fictitious character
(hypernym) imaginary being, imaginary creature
(hyponym) Aladdin
2. 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"
(synonym) quality, lineament
(hypernym) property, attribute, dimension
(hyponym) texture
(derivation) characterize, characterise
3. the inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions; "education has for its object the formation of character"- Herbert Spencer
(synonym) fiber, fibre
(hypernym) trait
(hyponym) spirit
(part-holonym) personality
(part-meronym) thoughtfulness
4. an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona"
(synonym) role, theatrical role, part, persona
(hypernym) portrayal, characterization, enactment, personation
(hyponym) bit part, minor role
5. 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"
(synonym) eccentric, type, case
(hypernym) adult, grownup
6. good repute; "he is a man of character"
(hypernym) repute, reputation
7. 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 to often answered evasively"
(synonym) reference, character reference
(hypernym) recommendation, testimonial, good word
(derivation) qualify, characterize, characterise
8. a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"
(synonym) grapheme, graphic symbol
(hypernym) written symbol, printed symbol
(hyponym) allograph
Verb
1. engrave or inscribe characters on
(hypernym) engrave, grave, inscribe
(derivation) grapheme, graphic symbol
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character
n.
povaha; charakter; postava; osobitost; pověst; znak; týpek; originál
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character
Rzecz.
charakter; charakter; charakter; dobre imię; reputacja; osobnik; (ciekawa) postać; dziwa-k/czka; postać; litera; znak; typowy; nietypowy; referencje; bohater
