| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I characterize |
| you characterize |
| he/she/it characterizes |
| we characterize |
| you all characterize |
| they characterize |
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| I am characterizing |
| you are characterizing |
| he/she/it is characterizing |
| we are characterizing |
| you all are characterizing |
| they are characterizing |
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| I have characterized |
| you have characterized |
| he/she/it has characterized |
| we have characterized |
| you all have characterized |
| they have characterized |
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| I have been characterizing |
| you have been characterizing |
| he/she/it has been characterizing |
| we have been characterizing |
| you all have been characterizing |
| they have been characterizing |
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| Past |
| I characterized |
| you characterized |
| he/she/it characterized |
| we characterized |
| you all characterized |
| they characterized |
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| I was characterizing |
| you were characterizing |
| he/she/it was characterizing |
| we were characterizing |
| you all were characterizing |
| they were characterizing |
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| I had characterized |
| you had characterized |
| he/she/it had characterized |
| we had characterized |
| you all had characterized |
| they had characterized |
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| I had been characterizing |
| you had been characterizing |
| he/she/it had been characterizing |
| we had been characterizing |
| you all had been characterizing |
| they had been characterizing |
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| Future |
| I will characterize |
| you will characterize |
| he/she/it will characterize |
| we will characterize |
| you all will characterize |
| they will characterize |
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| I will be characterizing |
| you will be characterizing |
| he/she/it will be characterizing |
| we are characterizing |
| you all will be characterizing |
| they will be characterizing |
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| I will have characterized |
| you will have characterized |
| he/she/it will have characterized |
| we will have characterized |
| you all will have characterized |
| they will have characterized |
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| I will have been characterizing |
| you will have been characterizing |
| he/she/it will have been characterizing |
| we will have been characterizing |
| you all will have been characterizing |
| they will have been characterizing |
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