qualities / features
1 [C,usually sing.] all the qualities and features that make a person, groups of people, and places different from others:
to have a strong / weak character * character traits / defects * The book gives a fascinating insight into Mrs Blair's character. * Generosity is part of the American character. * The character of the neighbourhood hasn't changed at all.
2 [C,usually sing,U] the way that sth is, or a particular quality or feature that a thing, an event or a place has:
the delicate character of the light in the evening * The police pointed out the illegal character of the protest action. * buildings that are very simple in character
3 [U] (approving) strong personal qualities such as the ability to deal with difficult or dangerous situations:
Everyone admires her strength of character and determination. * He showed great character returning to the sport after his accident. * Adventure camps are considered to be character-building (= meant to improve sb's strong qualities).
4 [U] (usually approving) the interesting or unusual quality that a place or a person has:
The modern hotels here have no real character. * a face with a lot of character
strange / interesting person
5 [C] (informal) (used with an adjective) a person, particularly an unpleasant or strange one:
There were some really strange characters hanging around the bar.
6 [C] (informal) an interesting or unusual person:
She's a character!
reputation
7 [C,U] (formal) the opinion that people have of you, particularly of whether you can be trusted or relied on:
a man of good character and integrity * She was a victim of character assassination (= an unfair attack on the good opinion people had of her). * a slur / attack on his character * My teacher agreed to be a character witness for me in court. * a character reference (= a letter sb who knows you well writes to an employer to tell them about your good qualities)
in book / play / movie
8 [C] a person or an animal in a book, play or film/movie:
a major / minor character in the book * cartoon characters * Clint Eastwood's character is the most sympathetic in the movie.
symbol / letter
9 [C] a letter, sign, mark or symbol used in writing, printing or on computers:
Chinese characters * a line 30 characters long * optical character recognition
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of character come from?
This entry for character is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is character a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, character is tagged as noun.
Does character appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — character appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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