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beauty

[ byoo-tee ]

noun

plural beauties.
  1. the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind, whether arising from sensory manifestations (as shape, color, sound, etc.), a meaningful design or pattern, or something else (as a personality in which high spiritual qualities are manifest).

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  2. a beautiful person, especially a woman.

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  3. treatments and products that enhance a person’s physical attractiveness, or the industry associated with this:

    She left her career in business administration to pursue her passion in beauty and wellness.

  4. a beautiful thing, as a work of art or a building.
  5. Often beauties. a beautiful feature or trait in nature or in some natural or artificial environment:

    the rugged beauties of our seashore and mountains.

  6. an individually pleasing or beautiful quality; grace; charm:

    a vivid blue area that is the one real beauty of the painting.

  7. Informal. a particular advantage:

    One of the beauties of this medicine is the freedom from aftereffects.

  8. (often used ironically) someone or something that is extraordinary, remarkable, or amazing; a beaut:

    That sunburn is a real beauty!

  9. something excellent of its kind:

    My old car, now she was a beauty.



adjective

  1. relating to or being something intended to enhance a person’s physical attractiveness: Make time for yourself and book a relaxing beauty treatment in our first-class spa.

    They have a wonderful handcrafted line of natural beauty products, including soaps, lip balm, scented oils, and moisturizer.

    Make time for yourself and book a relaxing beauty treatment in our first-class spa.

beauty

/ ˈ²úÂá³Ü˳Ùɪ /

noun

  1. the combination of all the qualities of a person or thing that delight the senses and please the mind
  2. a very attractive and well-formed girl or woman
  3. informal.
    an outstanding example of its kind

    the horse is a beauty

  4. informal.
    an advantageous feature

    one beauty of the job is the short hours

  5. informal.
    a light-hearted and affectionate term of address

    hello, my old beauty!

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

interjection

  1. ˈ²úÂá³ÜË»åɪ an expression of approval or agreement Also (Scot, Austral, and NZ)you beauty
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²Ô´Ç²Ô·²ú±ð²¹³Ü·³Ù²â noun plural nonbeauties
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of beauty1

First recorded in 1225–75; Middle English be(a)ute, from Old French beaute; replacing Middle English bealte, from Old French beltet, from unattested Vulgar Latin ²ú±ð±ô±ô¾±³ÙÄå³Ù- (stem of unattested ²ú±ð±ô±ô¾±³ÙÄå²õ ), equivalent to Latin bell(us) “fine†+ -¾±³ÙÄå³Ù- noun suffix; -ity
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of beauty1

C13: from Old French ²ú¾±²¹³Ü³Ùé , from biau beautiful; see beau
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Idioms and Phrases

In addition to the idiom beginning with beauty , also see that's the beauty of .
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Example Sentences

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"I believe submission is, like, the highest form of beauty for a woman," Reitsma said in a video defending the fundamentalist teaching of male headship over women.

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Jen finds a way to leak news regarding camp conditions to Ursula, whose guilt is matched by her journalist’s ambition to rise beyond her work as a beauty writer.

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One of the beauties of the internet is that it is self-healing, meaning that information, when blocked, just travels in a new direction.

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You can be a difficult person — even close to radioactive at times — and still admire the beauty of the world and be a proponent of all of the gifts it can supply you.

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The beauty of butter boards extends past its visual aesthetics.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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