Character meanings. All definitions of Character

countable noun character The character of a person or place consists of all the qualities they have that make them distinct from other people or places. 3

singular noun character If something has a particular character, it has a particular quality. 3

singular noun character You can use character to refer to the qualities that people from a particular place are believed to have. 3

countable noun character You use character to say what kind of person someone is. For example, if you say that someone is a strange character, you mean they are strange. 3

variable noun character Your character is your personality, especially how reliable and honest you are. If someone is of good character, they are reliable and honest. If they are of bad character, they are unreliable and dishonest. 3

uncountable noun character If you say that someone has character, you mean that they have the ability to deal effectively with difficult, unpleasant, or dangerous situations. 3

uncountable noun character If you say that a place has character, you mean that it has an interesting or unusual quality which makes you notice it and like it. 3

countable noun character The characters in a film, book, or play are the people that it is about. 3

countable noun character If you say that someone is a character, you mean that they are interesting, unusual, or amusing. 3

countable noun character A character is a letter, number, or other symbol that is written or printed. 3

noun character the combination of traits and qualities distinguishing the individual nature of a person or thing 3

noun character one such distinguishing quality; characteristic 3

noun character moral force; integrity 3

noun character reputation, esp a good reputation 3

noun character (as modifier) 3

noun character a summary or account of a person's qualities and achievements; testimonial 3

noun character capacity, position, or status 3

noun character a person represented in a play, film, story, etc; role 3

noun character an outstanding person 3

noun character an odd, eccentric, or unusual person 3

noun character a symbol used in a writing system, such as a letter of the alphabet 3

noun character any single letter, numeral, punctuation mark, or symbol cast as a type 3

noun character any letter, numeral, etc, which is a unit of information and can be represented uniquely by a binary pattern 3

noun character a style of writing or printing 3

noun character any structure, function, attribute, etc, in an organism, which may or may not be determined by a gene or group of genes 3

noun character a short prose sketch of a distinctive type of person, usually representing a vice or virtue 3

verb character to write, print, inscribe, or engrave 3

verb character to portray or represent 3

noun character a distinctive mark 3

noun character any letter, figure, or symbol used in writing and printing 3

noun character the letters of an alphabet, collectively 3

noun character style of printing or handwriting 3

noun character a mystic symbol or magical emblem 3

noun character a code or cipher 3

noun character a distinctive trait, quality, or attribute; characteristic 3

noun character essential quality; nature; kind or sort 3

noun character the pattern of behavior or personality found in an individual or group; moral constitution 3

noun character moral strength; self-discipline, fortitude, etc. 3

noun character good reputation 3

noun character a statement about the behavior, qualities, etc. of a person, esp. as given by a former employer; reference 3

noun character status; position 3

noun character a personage 3

noun character a person in a play, story, novel, etc. 3

noun character a role as portrayed by an actor or actress 3

noun character an odd, eccentric, or noteworthy person 3

noun character any attribute, as color, shape, etc., caused in an individual by the action of one or more genes 3

verb transitive character to write, print, or inscribe 3

verb transitive character to characterize 3

verb transitive character to represent; portray 3

noun character the aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing. 1

ALL meanings of character