Character

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character noun

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B1 [ C or U ] the particular combination of qualities in a person or placethat makes them different from others:

Politeness is traditionally part of the British character.
It would be very out of character (= not typical) of her to lie.
One of the joys of being a parent is watching the child’s character develop.
The idea was to modernize various aspects of the house without changing its essentialcharacter.
It’s not in his character to be (= he is not usually) jealous.
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B2 [ U ] qualities that are interesting and unusual:

a hotel of character
I’d prefer an old place with a bit of character.
Old books are said to give a room character.
As people grow older, their faces acquire more character.
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[ U ] the quality of being determined and able to deal with difficult nsituations:

She has such strength of character.

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character noun (IN A STORY)

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B1 [ C ] a person represented in a film, play, or story:

The film revolves around three main characters.
She had Mickey Mouse or some other cartoon/Disney character on her sweater.
He made his name as a character actor (= an actor who plays unusual and often humorous people).

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character noun (PERSON)

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C2 [C] a person, especially when you are describing a particular quality that they have:

She’s a curious character – I don’t really know what to think of her.
There were one or two strange-looking characters hanging around the bar.
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C1 [C] informal someone whose behaviour is different from most people’s, especially in a way that is interesting or funny:

Ted’s quite a character/a real character – he’s 70 now and still riding that motorbike.

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character noun (MARK)

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C1 [ C ] a letter, number, or other mark or sign used in writing orprinting, or the space one of these takes:

a string of characters (= a line of marks)
The address was written in Chinese/Japanese characters (= systems of writing).
The computer screen on this laptop is 66 characters (= spaces) wide.

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(Definition of “character” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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