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Synonyms for characterize

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for characterize

to describe with a word or term

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Synonyms for characterize

describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of

be characteristic of

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This impalpable claim, therefore, resulted in nothing more solid than to cherish, from generation to generation, an absurd delusion of family importance, which all along characterized the Pyncheons.
The middle part is characterized by shallow shelfal waters with moderate circulation and genera which indicate an open lagoon, lagoonal channel and subtidal environments.
While previous studies have partially characterized somatic mutations present in iPSCs, a complete understanding of their mutational burden is lacking, despite more than 1,000 iPSC lines having been developed worldwide.
IGD estimates that for the current fiscal year as of June 30, 2015, approximately 28 percent of each distribution is characterized as net investment income, 39 percent is characterized as short-term capital gain and 33 percent is characterized as return of capital.
For instance 7 is characterized by SEVEN, FIVE PLUS TWO, THE SQUARE ROOT OF FORTY NINE, THE NUMBER OF DAYS IN A WEEK, and many other ways the reader can think of Most of the possible "messages" are nonsense.
Normal breathing is characterized by effortless, quiet, rhythmic (smooth) respirations.
Descriptive analysis characterized differences between the various samples in terms of these attributes: cooked, sweet aromatic, animal, cardboard, fatty, grape candy, sweetness and astringency.
* Major depression lasting two or more weeks, characterized by symptoms such as feelings of sadness, nervousness, worthlessness, irritability, or emptiness, changes in appetite or sleep behavior, trouble concentrating, suicidal thoughts, loss of interest in activities, and fatigue.
A cross section of the bonding layers was prepared and characterized using EDS imaging.
The Supreme Court has narrowed the scope of those gains that may be characterized as capital through the creation of the substitute-for-ordinary-income doctrine.
The book suggests that an analysis of globalization must transcend the narrow focus on economic liberalism that characterizes much scholarship in the field to include a fuller account of how cultural preferences are integral to the process of economic integration and how these, in turn, are integral to the political forces that are now widely characterized as imperialistic.
The Arab media discourse was primarily inwardly directed and characterized by self criticism rather than addressing the West.
3) Conduct studies in well characterized exposed populations to identify factors that lead to variation in an individual's susceptibility to disease.
Scully's works of the '70s focus on rigid geometric abstraction characterized by nearly affectless surfaces and subdued color.
Because of this selective adsorption, the distribution and position of latex in the coating layer can be characterized.