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								an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story) she is the main character in the novel
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								a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
 the radical character of our demands
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								the inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
 education has for its object the formation of character
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								an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
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								a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
 a real character
 a strange character
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								good repute
 he is a man of character
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								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
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								a written symbol that is used to represent speech
 the Greek alphabet has 24 characters
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								(genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes
 
 'character' - used as a verb
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								engrave or inscribe characters on
 
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			| 1. Character / Plural characters
 2. Character / Past
 charactered
 3. Character / Third Person
 characters
 4. Character / Present Participle
 charactering
 
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