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trait
/tɹeɪt/
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What does trait mean?
noun
- An identifying characteristic, habit or trend.
- An uninstantiable collection of methods that provides functionality to a class by using the class’s own interface.
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IPA pronunciation
/tɹeɪt/
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There was only one marked trait in the child's character up to this date, and that was a great tendency to reverie.
Indeed, the most notable trait common to members of such communities is a certain amiable inefficiency when confronted with force or fraud.
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The trait of which I am speaking, I replied, may be also seen in the dog, and is remarkable in the animal.
But to be popular, to be a good fellow, is an extraordinarily useful trait when combined with firm purposes and good intelligence.
But he has one undeniable wren-like trait, that of twitching, wagging, and thrashing his long tail about to help express his emotions.