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- DictionaryTrait/trāt/
noun
- 1. a distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person: "he was a letter-of-the-law man, a common trait among coaches"
noun. a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature: bad traits of character. Synonyms: property, attribute, mark, peculiarity. a pen or pencil stroke. a stroke, touch, or strain, as of some quality: a trait of pathos; a trait of ready wit. trait.
A trait is something about you that makes you "you." When your mother says that you get all your best traits from her, she means you have the same charming smile and the same brilliant mind as she has. In science, trait refers to a characteristic that is caused by genetics.
6 days ago · countable noun. A trait is a particular characteristic, quality, or tendency that someone or something has. Many of our personality traits are developed during those early months. Creativity is a human trait. Synonyms: characteristic, feature, quality, attribute More Synonyms of trait. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
Definition of trait noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Trait definition: a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature. See examples of TRAIT used in a sentence.
trait (trāt; Brit. also trā), USA pronunciation n. a distinguishing characteristic or quality, esp. of one's personal nature: bad traits of character. a pen or pencil stroke. a stroke, touch, or strain, as of some quality: a trait of pathos; a trait of ready wit.
1. a distinguishing characteristic or quality, esp. of one's personal nature: bad traits. 2. an inherited feature or characteristic: a recessive trait. 3. a pencil stroke. 4. a touch or trace.
