character meaning
EN
[ˈkɛɹəktɚ] [ˈkʰæɹəktɚ] [ˈkæɹəktə] 
US WCharacter
- Character(s) may refer to:
- NounPLcharactersSUF-ter
- A being involved in the action of a story.
- The stories did not seem to me to touch life. […] They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.
- A distinguishing feature; characteristic.
- A complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group.
- Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength.
- He has a great deal of character.
- "You may not like to eat liver," said Calvin's father, "but it builds character."
- A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially charisma.
- Julius Caesar is a great historical character.
- That bloke is such a character.
- A written or printed symbol, or letter.
- Style of writing or printing; handwriting; the particular form of letters used by a person or people.
- an inscription in the Runic character
- (computing) One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character.
- INF A person or individual, especially one who is unknown or raises suspicions.
- We saw a shady character slinking out of the office with some papers.
- (mathematics) A complex number representing an element of a finite Abelian group.
- Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty.
- in the miserable character of a slave
- in his character as a magistrate
- (dated) The estimate, individual or general, put upon a person or thing; reputation.
- a man's character for truth and veracity
- Her actions give her a bad character.
- (dated) A reference given to a servant, attesting to his/her behaviour, competence, etc.
- A being involved in the action of a story.
- VerbSGcharactersPRcharacteringPT, PPcharactered
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Malice delights to blacken the characters of prominent men. — Napoleon Bonaparte
- But the stage was dominated by a multifloored set with doors through which characters kept emerging.
- The cartoon character 'Foghorn Leghorn' was obviously not actually a leghorn because he was much too big.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- That Ulibarri sees the Ecuadorean Indian as too burdened by a tradition of dehumanizing servitude is perhaps more revealing of his deep-seated Usonianism than of the Indians' real character.
- I think they would try to humanize the worst villains in history out of their fear that the audience might not like the central character.
- To find the first digit in a positive number, stringify it and take the first character.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of character in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Singularia tantum
- Uncountable nouns
- Uncountable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Nouns
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "character" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum. It's also a verb.