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Another word for characterize

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Verb

  1. To describe with a word or term

    See also:

    words

    specific

  2. To make noticeable or different

    See also:

    same

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Another word for characterize

Verb

  1. To describe

    See also:

    describe

    define

  2. To distinguish

    See also:

    distinguish

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Sentence Examples

  • These changes characterize the Merovingian age of Frankish history.

  • It is most difficult to characterize the muskinu exactly.

  • He was the first to discover uranium, zirconium and titanium, and to characterize them as distinct elements, though he did not obtain any of them in the pure metallic state; and he elucidated the composition of numerous substances till then imperfectly known, including compounds of the then newly recognized elements: tellurium, strontium, cerium and chromium.

  • It is convenient here to define the two chief types of cell-form which characterize tissues of the higher plants.

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