Usually means: Describes distinctive qualities or features.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. characterizes: Merriam-Webster
  2. characterizes: Collins English Dictionary
  3. characterizes: Vocabulary.com
  4. Characterizes, characterizes: Wordnik
  5. characterizes: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. characterizes: Wiktionary
  7. characterizes: Dictionary.com
  8. characterizes: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. characterizes: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. characterizes: Legal dictionary

(Note: See characterize as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (characterize)

verb:  (transitive) To depict someone or something a particular way (often negative).
verb:  (transitive) To be typical of.
verb:  (transitive) To determine the characteristics of.
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