characteristic
US: /ˌkɛɹəktɝˈɪstɪk/
UK: /kˌæɹɪktəɹˈɪstɪk/
UK: /kˌæɹɪktəɹˈɪstɪk/
English Vietnamese dictionary
characteristic /,kæriktə'ristik/
- tính từ
- riêng, riêng biệt, đặc thù, đặc trưng
- riêng, riêng biệt, đặc thù, đặc trưng
- danh từ
- đặc tính, đặc điểm
- the characteristic of a society: đặc điểm của một xã hội
- đặc tính, đặc điểm
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
