ALL meanings of character
char·ac·ter
C c - noun character one such feature or trait; characteristic. 1
- noun character moral or ethical quality: a man of fine, honorable character. 1
- noun character qualities of honesty, courage, or the like; integrity: It takes character to face up to a bully. 1
- noun character reputation: a stain on one's character. 1
- noun character good repute. 1
- noun character an account of the qualities or peculiarities of a person or thing. 1
- noun character a person, especially with reference to behavior or personality: a suspicious character. 1
- noun character Informal. an odd, eccentric, or unusual person. 1
- noun character a person represented in a drama, story, etc. 1
- noun character a part or role, as in a play or film. 1
- noun character a symbol as used in a writing system, as a letter of the alphabet. 1
- noun character the symbols of a writing system collectively. 1
- noun character a significant visual mark or symbol. 1
- noun character status or capacity: the character of a justice of the peace. 1
- noun character a written statement from an employer concerning the qualities of a former employee. 1
- noun character Literature. (especially in 17th- and 18th-century England) a formal character sketch or descriptive analysis of a particular human virtue or vice as represented in a person or type. Compare character sketch. 1
- noun character Genetics. any trait, function, structure, or substance of an organism resulting from the effect of one or more genes as modified by the environment. 1
- noun character Computers. any symbol, as a number, letter, punctuation mark, etc., that represents data and that, when encoded, is usable by a machine. one of a set of basic symbols that singly or in a series of two or more represents data and, when encoded, is usable in a computer. 1
- noun character a style of writing or printing. 1
- noun character Roman Catholic Theology. the ineffaceable imprint received on the soul through the sacraments of baptism, confirmation, and ordination. 1
- noun character (formerly) a cipher or cipher message. 1
- adjective character Theater. (of a part or role) representing a personality type, especially by emphasizing distinctive traits, as language, mannerisms, physical makeup, etc. (of an actor or actress) acting or specializing in such roles. 1
- verb with object character to portray; describe. 1
- verb with object character to engrave; inscribe. 1
- idioms character in character, in harmony with one's personal character or disposition: Such behavior is not in character for him. in accordance with the role or personality assumed in a performance: an actor in character. 1
- noun Definition of character in Technology (character) A letter of some alphabet (either upper case or lower case), a digit, a punctuation or other symbol or a control character. In a computer, a character is represented as an integer. What character is represented by what integer is determined by the current character set. For example, in the ASCII character set, "A" is 65. These integers are then stored as a sequence of bytes according to a character encoding. The character set and encoding is usually implicit in the environment in which the character is being interpreted but it may be specified explicitly, e.g. to convert input to some standard internal representation. A sequence of characters is a (character) string. Compare with glyph. 1
- idioms character out of character, out of harmony with one's personal character or disposition: Her remarks were out of character. away from the role or personality assumed in a performance: The actor stepped out of character. 1
- noun character The mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual. 1
- noun character fiction, theatre: person 1
- noun character moral quality 1
- noun character writing symbol 1
- noun character computers: any symbol 1
- noun character person 1
- noun character odd person 1
- noun character nature 1
- noun character reputation 1
- noun character thing: special qualities 1
- noun character A being involved in the action of a story. 0
- noun character A distinguishing feature; characteristic. 0
- noun character A complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group. 0
- noun character Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength. 0
- noun character A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially charisma. 0
- noun character A written or printed symbol, or letter. 0
- noun character Style of writing or printing; handwriting; the particular form of letters used by a person or people. 0
- noun character (computing) One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character. 0
- noun character (Informal) A person or individual, especially one who is unknown or raises suspicions. 0
- noun character (mathematics) A complex number representing an element of a finite Abelian group. 0
- noun character Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty. 0
- noun character (dated) The estimate, individual or general, put upon a person or thing; reputation. 0
- noun character (dated) A reference given to a servant, attesting to his/her behaviour, competence, etc. 0