trait
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[edit] English
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- enPR: trā, IPA: /treɪ/, SAMPA: /treI/
- Rhymes: -eɪ
- enPR: trāt, IPA: /treɪt/, SAMPA: /treIt/
- Rhymes: -eɪt
[edit] Noun
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trait (plural traits)
- an identifying characteristic, habit or trend
- 1856, Ralph Waldo Emerson, English Traits, Truth:
- The English, of all classes, value themselves on this trait, as distinguishing them from the French, who, in the popular belief, are more polite than true.
- 1916, John Dewey, Democracy and Education:
- The positive and constructive aspect of possibility gives the key to understanding the two chief traits of immaturity, dependence and plasticity.
- 1856, Ralph Waldo Emerson, English Traits, Truth:
- (computing, programming) In object-oriented programming, an uninstantiable collection of methods (possibly defining an abstract type) that provides functionality to a class by using the class’s own interface.
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- See also Wikisaurus:characteristic
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an identifying characteristic, habit or trend
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[edit] Noun
trait m. (plural traits)
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trait
- Third-person singular present indicative of traire.
- Third-person singular past historic of traire.
- Past participle of traire.