Associations to the word «Characterize»

Wiktionary

CHARACTERIZE, verb. To depict someone or something a particular way (often negative)
CHARACTERIZE, verb. To determine the characteristics of

Dictionary definition

CHARACTERIZE, verb. 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".
CHARACTERIZE, verb. Be characteristic of; "What characterizes a Venetian painting?".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky