characteristic

US: /ˌkɛɹəktɝˈɪstɪk/
UK: /kˌæɹɪktəɹˈɪstɪk/


English Vietnamese dictionary


characteristic /,kæriktə'ristik/
  • tính từ
    • riêng, riêng biệt, đặc thù, đặc trưng
    • danh từ
      • đặc tính, đặc điểm
        • the characteristic of a society: đặc điểm của một xã hội

    Advanced English dictionary


    adjective, noun
    + adjective
    ~ (of sth/sb) very typical of sth or of sb's character: She spoke with characteristic enthusiasm.
    Antonym: UNCHARACTERISTIC
    characteristically adverb: Characteristically, Helen paid for everyone.
    + noun
    ~ (of sth/sb) a typical feature or quality that sth/sb has: The need to communicate is a key characteristic of human society. + The two groups of children have quite different characteristics. + Personal characteristics, such as age, sex and marital status are taken into account. + genetic characteristics

    Thesaurus dictionary


    adj.
    1 typical, representative; emblematic, symbolic, distinctive, idiosyncratic, symptomatic:
    How characteristic it is of them to refuse to go to the dance! These subjects are characteristic of the early Impressionists.
    n.
    2 mark, trait, attribute, feature, quality, property, peculiarity, idiosyncrasy, character, earmark:
    It is a characteristic of bees to swarm.

    Collocation dictionary


    ADJ.

    defining, distinctive, distinguishing, identifying, individual, marked, special, striking, unique | personal | common, family, inherited, national, shared | basic, general | chief, dominant, main, major, outstanding, principal | essential, fundamental, important, key, salient | desirable | behavioural, biological, cultural, demographic, economic, genetic, physical, psychological, racial, sexual, social | human

    VERB + CHARACTERISTIC

    have
    The two species have several characteristics in common.

    VERBS

    be | become

    ADV.

    deeply, extremely, highly, very
    his highly characteristic features
    | entirely, utterly | fairly, quite

    PREP.

    of
    a problem that was fairly characteristic of late eighteenth century society


    Concise English dictionary


    characteristics‚kærəktə'rɪstɪk
    noun
    +a prominent aspect of something
    +a distinguishing quality
    +the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2
    +any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions
    adj.
    +typical or distinctive