Meaning & Definition of Character in English

1. An imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)

• "She is the main character in the novel"

2. A characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something

• "Each town has a quality all its own"

• "The radical character of our demands"

3. The inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions

• "Education has for its object the formation of character"- herbert spencer

4. An actor's portrayal of someone in a play

• "She played the part of desdemona"

5. A person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)

• "A real character"

• "A strange character"

• "A friendly eccentric"

• "The capable type"

• "A mental case"

6. Good repute

• "He is a man of character"

7. A formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability

• "Requests for character references are all too often answered evasively"

8. A written symbol that is used to represent speech

• "The greek alphabet has 24 characters"

9. (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes

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