beauty
7 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
beauties
plural
beauties
Britannica Dictionary definition of BEAUTY
1
[noncount]
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the quality of being physically attractive
— sometimes used before another noun
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Her beauty is beyond compare. [=she is very beautiful; no one is as beautiful as she is]
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beauty products [=soaps, makeup, and other things that help make people more physically attractive]
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a beauty treatment
2
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the qualities in a person or a thing that give pleasure to the senses or the mind
[noncount]
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the beauty [=loveliness] of the stars
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We explored the natural beauty of the island.
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I'm learning to appreciate the beauty of poetry.
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We have different ideas/notions/conceptions of beauty. [=different opinions about what makes things beautiful]
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“A thing of beauty is a joy for ever…”
John Keats, Endymion (1818)
[plural]
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We explored the natural beauties of the island.
3
[count]
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a beautiful woman
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She was one of the great beauties of her time.
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She was no beauty.
4
[count]
informal
:
a very good thing
:
a very good example of something
— often used in an ironic way to describe a bad thing or person
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That was a beauty of a fight. [=that was an excellent fight]
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Dad and I went fishing and we caught a couple of beauties.
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That mistake was a beauty.
5
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a good or appealing part of something
[noncount]
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The beauty of the game is that everyone can play.
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No one knows when it's going to happen, and that's the beauty of it!
[count]
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One of the beauties of the system is that it allows you to adjust the schedule easily.
