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character
Noun
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Someone's character is the combination of things that they do, feel, and believe that makes them a certain type of person.
He's got a really funny character.
He couldn't have done something so mean; it's completely out of character.
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A character is a person in a story, movie, play, etc.
The actor played three different characters in the movie.
I really want to like the main character in the book, but I find I can't.
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Character is the combination of facts and qualities that makes something different
The new factory has certainly changed the character of the city.
They believed the war would be local in character and brief in duration.
It's a boring room, lacking in character.
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A character is one individual mark in a writing system, such as a letter, number, or punctuation mark.
The text was written in a mixture of Chinese characters, Arabic numerals and Roman letters.
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Character is the combination of personal qualities, such as being honest and hard-working, that make you a good person.
It has long been claimed that sports build character.
She was a good judge of character, which made her a good manager.
He is a man, of great character and great faith.
fill
Verb
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If you fill something, you put something in it until there is no space left.
She added some games to fill the gap in the schedule.
His eyes filled with tears as he watched her walk away.
She filled the car up with gas.
He's so mean, he just fills me with anger every time I think of him.
Suddenly, the screen was filled with light.
I fill up the dog's new dish to the top and stick it on the floor.
Instead of eating a good dinner she just fills up on bread.
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If you fill in something, you give the missing information, especially personal information on a form.
She gave me another form to fill in for housing benefit.
When I got back, she filled me in on what had been happening.
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If you fill out, your body reaches its adult shape, especially women's breasts and men's shoulders.
fill
Noun
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The full amount of food or drink that a person can eat or drink.
Don't feed him any more, he's had his fill.
I've had my fill of alcohol for tonight.
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Fill is extra material, often of low quality, used to give something more volume.
They used the rocks as fill under the new house.