Word a Day
character
What does character mean?
character (noun): an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story).
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use character in a sentence?
- She is the main character in the novel. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce character?
/ˈkɛɹɪktɚ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does character come from?
From Middle English caracter, from Old French caractere.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Test yourself: do you know “character”?
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What does “character” mean?
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
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an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
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vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain
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a case offered as an exemplification or a precedent; an illustrative example
Not quite: that's what instance means.
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