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• v  be characteristic of
• v  describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of

• Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel; Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century.
• Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel; Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century.

• characterize
• qualify

News & Articles

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• Is that a testes or an iridescent stripe? A female squid's male-like true colors
  ( The Company of Biologists ) Male squid are aggressive towards their female counterparts, so anything to make the female look more like a male would be an advantage for her. DeMartini from the University of California Santa Barbara, USA, characterise, for the first time, a female-only bright white strip and its surrounding iridescent stripes. The team find they are inducible and may, to a squid ...
  Sept. 5, 2013 - EurekAlert!

Quotes

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• Joe Barton in ABC Online
  I think it is a tragedy of the first proportion that a private corporation can be subjected to what I would characterise as a shakedown. In this case a $US20 billion shakedown,he said.
• Elena Kagan in Gulf Times
  I'm not quite sure how I would characterise my politics, but one thing I do know is that my politics would be, must be, have to be, completely separate from my judging,she told the committee.
• Bill Gates in The Age
  I would characterise the likelihood of significant adjustments to this plan as fairly remote,said Gates.