Word: Characteristic
How to pronounce: kærɪktəˈrɪstɪk
Adjective
Definitions:
1. Typical of a particular person, place, or thing.
Example sentences: "Large farms are characteristic of this area"
Noun
Definitions:
1. A feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and serving to identify it.
Example sentences: "Inherited characteristics such as blood groups"
2. The whole number or integral part of a logarithm, which gives the order of magnitude of the original number.
Example sentences: "His early work was on quadratic forms in fields, particularly fields of characteristic 2."
Synonyms:
attribute
quality
feature
trait
curve
performance curve
adjectives
tendency
idiosyncrasy
distinctive feature
indicator
parameter
typical
characterful
characteristical
true
archetypal
distinctive
discriminating
distinguishing
distinct
characterisation
character reference
singularity
peculiarity
particularity
inherent
idiosyncratic
peculiar
indicative
specificity
particular
specific
signature
representative
normal
salient
proper
standard
trademark
symptomatic
individual
Antonyms:
unusual
uncharacteristic
kind
Derivations:
characterized
characterised
character
characteristically
characterize
characterization
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Characteristic in Other Languages...
Spanish: Característica
German: Merkmal
French: Caractéristique
Italian: Caratteristica
Turkish: özellik
