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Definition of trait
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Examples of trait in a Sentence
This dog breed has a number of desirable traits.
honesty is one of her defining traits
Recent Examples of trait from the Web
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Which trait is the most important for your company?
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Surprisingly, wild and domestic cats showed no major differences in their genetic makeup, and one of the few traits available for telling them apart was the tabby coat marking.
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Another possible cause is that some women have a genetic trait that somehow, in the presence of implants, predisposes them to lymphoma.
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What this means for T. rex and company is that protofeathers would have been an ancestral trait.
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Her husband, back with the golf balls, confirmed her type-A traits.
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Q: Is there a personality trait necessary to play setter?
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For now, Antetokounmpo will have to settle for being the most awe-inspiring player in the NBA, a trait that holds up well in photos along with videos:
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His specialty is inducing ground balls, a trait that plays well with the Rockies’ skilled infielders and the thin air at Coors Field.
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Origin and Etymology of trait
Middle French, literally, act of drawing, from Latin tractus — more at tract
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TRAIT Defined for English Language Learners
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: a quality that makes one person or thing different from another
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: a quality that makes one person, animal, or thing different from another
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