trait
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3.5
- noun
- /treɪt/
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- Patience is a valuable trait that helps us handle difficult situations calmly.
- personality traits
- character traits
- trait anxiety
So can curiosity be a dominant trait within your team?
- So can curiosity be a dominant trait within your team?
- So many people have traits but don't have a disorder.
- Most of these map onto the modern personality trait of agreeableness.
- The larger picture is we all have negative traits, we all have dark traits, right?
- And when it does, it takes all those skills, all those traits to bounce back.
- And Kamala Harris has shown the exact opposite trait for her entire career.
- DNA simply decides what traits the cell is going to give off.
- It's not going to change the character trait of the dominant flaw.
Examples
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Honesty is a trait that many people admire in their friends.
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Selflessness is a trait common amongst the uncommon.
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The most human trait is to want to know why.
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Where are your positive traits and the negative ones?
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My singing was my most memorable trait in high school here.
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Do you feel like the traits are accurate for her?
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It's one of her best traits.
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Many parents also said their child possessed traits such as dedication or resiliency.
Academic text (2015) -
They realize that there are certain human traits that are worth preserving.
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Each artist has a unique trait that makes their work stand out.
Synonyms
618
1.8
A trait that makes someone or something special
566
2.5
A part of something that helps you notice or describe it
159
3.4
A feature that makes something different from others
127
3.8
A quality that a person or thing has
49
4.4
A part of someone's character that appears often
45
3.6
A typical feature that shows what a person, place, or thing is like
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6.0
A quality that makes someone or something stand out from others
3
4.0
A feature that makes someone or something different from others
2
4.1
A clear quality that makes a person or thing different
1
3.7
A quality that makes a person or thing stand out
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.7
A behavior often seen in people with autism, for example repeating actions or finding talking to people hard
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Trait comes from French and the Latin root tract from trahere, which means 'to draw' or 'to pull'. Think of a trait as a 'drawn line' or mark that shows a person's feature, so it is a quality that makes someone different.