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subcharacterize

subcharacterize verb: to identify subcharacteristics.

Verb

subcharacterize (third-person singular simple present subcharacterizes, present participle subcharacterizing, simple past and past participle subcharacterized)

  1. To identify subcharacteristics

Forms of subcharacterize

third-person singular presentsubcharacterizes
present participlesubcharacterizing
past participlesubcharacterized
pastsubcharacterized

Origin of subcharacterize

From sub- + characterize.

Questions about subcharacterize

What does subcharacterize mean?
Subcharacterize means to identify subcharacteristics.
What part of speech is subcharacterize?
Subcharacterize is a verb.
What is the past tense of subcharacterize?
The past tense of subcharacterize is subcharacterized.

Words near subcharacterize in the dictionary

  1. subcharacter
  2. subcharacteristic
  3. subcharacteristics
  4. subcharacterization
  5. subcharacterizations
  6. subcharacterize
  7. subcharacterized
  8. subcharacters
  9. subchart
  10. subcharter
  11. subchartered

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