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- Dictionarycharacteristic/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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a typical or noticeable quality of someone or something: Unfortunately a big nose is a family characteristic. Sentimentality seems a characteristic of all the writers of that period. The male bird displays (= has) several characteristics which distinguish him from the female. Fewer examples. Patience is not a characteristic we associate with Bryan.
The meaning of CHARACTERISTIC is a distinguishing trait, quality, or property. How to use characteristic in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Characteristic.
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.
A quality or feature that is characteristic of someone or something is one which is often seen in them and seems typical of them. ...the absence of strife between the generations that was so characteristic of such societies.
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.
Being a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing; distinctive: heard my friend's characteristic laugh; the stripes that are characteristic of the zebra.
CHARACTERISTIC definition: 1. a typical or obvious quality that makes one person or thing different from others: 2. typical…. Learn more.
a typical feature or quality that something/somebody has. There were few similarities in the brothers' physical characteristics. All human languages share some common characteristics. The two groups of children have quite different characteristics. Personal characteristics, such as age and sex are taken into account.
noun. characteristics. A distinguishing trait, feature, or quality; peculiarity.
Definition of characteristic adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
