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    characteristic
    /ˌkarɪktəˈrɪstɪk/

    adjective

    • 1. typical of a particular person, place, or thing: "he began with a characteristic attack on extremism"

    noun

    • 1. a feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and serving to identify them: "certain defining characteristics of the school emerge from the study"
    • 2. the whole number or integral part of a logarithm, which gives the order of magnitude of the original number.

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  2. Patience is not a characteristic we associate with Bryan. These dogs show many of the characteristics traditionally associated with their breed. Pride is not an attractive characteristic. Being tall is a typical characteristic of Montenegrans.

  3. Learn the meaning of characteristic as a noun and an adjective, with synonyms, examples, and word history. Find out how to use characteristic to describe a special quality or identity of a person or thing.

  4. Characteristic definition: pertaining to, constituting, or indicating the character or peculiar quality of a person or thing; typical; distinctive. See examples of CHARACTERISTIC used in a sentence.

  5. Learn the meaning of characteristic as a noun and an adjective, with examples of usage and common collocations. Find out how to pronounce characteristic and translate it into different languages.

  6. Learn the meaning of characteristic as a noun and an adjective, and see how to use it in sentences. Find synonyms, pronunciation, and related words for characteristic in British and American English.

  7. Learn the definition, pronunciation and usage of the word characteristic, meaning a typical feature or quality that something or somebody has. See examples, synonyms and related words.

  8. characteristic of one only; distinctive or special. typical. exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category. see more. noun. a prominent attribute or aspect of something.