characterize

«characterize» in Mova's school dictionary: to show what it is like by its special features — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (characterize, characterizes, characterized, characterizing)

meaning for a pupil

1) To characterize something is to show what it is like by its special features. tree →

2) To characterize is to be the mark that makes something what it is. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories, the way a person or animal looks, speaks or acts shows what they are like; a fable is characterized by its rules

examples

• The story is characterized by clever animals. tree →
• His snub nose and fat back characterized him. tree →
• Many fables are characterized by strict rules. tree →
• Her kindness characterizes the whole tale. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «characterize» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.