Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A distinguishing feature, as of a person's character. synonym: quality.
- noun A genetically determined characteristic or condition.
- noun Archaic A short line or mark made with a writing or drawing implement.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A stroke; a touch.
- noun A distinguishing or peculiar feature; a peculiarity: as, a trait of character.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A stroke; a touch.
- noun A distinguishing or marked feature; a peculiarity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun an
identifying characteristic ,habit ortrend - noun computing, programming In
object-oriented programming, anuninstantiable collection ofmethods that providesfunctionality to aclass by using the class’s owninterface .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a distinguishing feature of your personal nature
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Blue-red fingernails, I noticed, even as I was wondering about the word trait.
Kalooki Nights Howard Jacobson 2006
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We learn right away that Bella’s main trait is clumsiness, which is used more as a plot device rather than a personality quirk.
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Your readers haveprobablyread aboutheroes with any given positive trait, particularly if the trait is commonly associated with a protagonist in your type of book.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » 2009 » November » 03 2009
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If a trait is inheritable today, can we not assume it was inheritable in the past?
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Personally, I feel that the single most important trait is publishing experience, particularly publishing experience related to your field.
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A secondary trait is that they trust their social network more than their ability to do objective analysis.
How Internet Content Distribution & Discovery Are Changing 2009
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But what kind of American trait is claiming victimhood, especially when so many have so much?
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The other "formularic alpha male" trait is the "deep seated pain" they carry due to a tragedy in thier lives.
Deleted Scene from Branded By Fire Nalini Singh 2009
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Of all of these characteristics, Bilbo's strongest trait is "his humanity; he is empathetic with a big heart and generous spirit."
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Perhaps he learned his lesson, but another unusual cat trait is that they never do seem to learn caution.
kewpid commented on the word trait
The trailing t is silent.
November 7, 2007
sionnach commented on the word trait
Lethality is a trait of the krait.
November 7, 2007
skipvia commented on the word trait
And the mark of the shark. Or the prevalent feature of the malevolent creature.
November 7, 2007
seanahan commented on the word trait
Apparently, the trailing t is silent in Britain, but never in America, where you would not be understood.
November 8, 2007
yarb commented on the word trait
This silent trailing t is nonsense; I'm from Britain and have only ever heard both t's fully annunciated.
November 8, 2007
sionnach commented on the word trait
what yarb said. Well, actually, enunciated.
November 8, 2007
yarb commented on the word trait
Ahem.
November 8, 2007
reesetee commented on the word trait
I was wondering about that.... :-\
November 8, 2007