Open Multilingual Wordnet 1.3

00956687-v 'describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of'; V2;

English	characterize ₉ ( ⊳ ⊳ ) , qualify ( ⊳ ⊳ ) , characterise ( ⊳ ⊳ ⊳ ⊳ )
Indonesian	menggambarkan , menyifatkan , menggolongkan , melukiskan , mencirikan
Japanese	特色づける , 特徴づける , 特色付ける , 特徴付ける

Definitions

English: describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of
― You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist; This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover
Japanese: 特徴、品質または特有性を述べる、または描く
― 彼の行動を利己主義として特徴づけることができる; この詩は死んでしまった恋人への悲嘆として特徴づけることができる

Relations

Verb Frames

Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something;

External Links

TempoWN: ◁ ▲ ▷ (Past: 0.000; Present: 0.125; Future: 0.000)

SentiWN: △ ▼ (+0.00 -0.25) MLSentiCon: ▲ ▼ (+0.25 -0.12)