Usage examples (35)

• Verb (used with object), : Rich metaphors characterize his poetry. ,He characterized her in a few well-chosen words. ,to characterize him as a coward
• It's a shame that the moment Cameron says anything it is immediately "characterised" as something else or twisted to create a hostile soundbite.
• "Of course not," rejoined Don Mariano, with an air of hospitable simplicity such as characterised the earlier ages.
• To be successful, the ingredient or food must be sufficiently defined (a dairy claim was rejected because the types of dairy products were not, as EFSA terms it,...