beauty

beauty
[[t]bju͟ːti[/t]]
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beauties
1) N-UNCOUNT Beauty is the state or quality of being beautiful.

...an area of outstanding natural beauty...

Everyone admired her elegance and her beauty.

2) N-COUNT A beauty is a beautiful woman. [JOURNALISM]

She is known as a great beauty.

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3) N-COUNT You can say that something is a beauty when you think it is very good. [INFORMAL]

It was the one opportunity in the game - the pass was a real beauty, but the shot was poor.

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4) N-COUNT: usu pl, with supp The beauties of something are its attractive qualities or features. [LITERARY]

He was beginning to enjoy the beauties of nature.

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glories
5) ADJ: ADJ n Beauty is used to describe people, products, and activities that are concerned with making women look beautiful.

Additional beauty treatments can be booked in advance.

6) N-COUNT: usu the N of n If you say that a particular feature is the beauty of something, you mean that this feature is what makes the thing so good.

There would be no effect on animals - that's the beauty of such water-based materials.

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  • Beauty — Beau ty (b[=u] t[y^]), n.; pl. {Beauties} (b[=u] t[i^]z). [OE. beaute, beute, OF. beaut[ e], biaut[ e], Pr. beltat, F. beaut[ e], fr. an assumed LL. bellitas, from L. bellus pretty. See {Beau}.] [1913 Webster] 1. An assemblage of graces or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • beauty — (n.) early 14c., physical attractiveness, also goodness, courtesy, from Anglo Fr. beute, O.Fr. biauté beauty, seductiveness, beautiful person (12c., Mod.Fr. beauté), earlier beltet, from V.L. bellitatem (nom. bellitas) state of being handsome,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • beauty — ► NOUN (pl. beauties) 1) a combination of qualities that delights the aesthetic senses. 2) (before another noun ) intended to make someone more attractive: beauty treatment. 3) a beautiful woman. 4) an excellent example. 5) an attractive feature… …   English terms dictionary

  • Beauty — bezeichnet: Beauty (Pferd), ein Pferd, das in zahlreichen Filmen mitwirkte die Flavour Quantenzahl Bottomness in der Elementarteilchenphysik Orte in den Vereinigten Staaten: Beauty (Kentucky) Beauty (West Virginia) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Beauty — (Альтеа,Испания) Категория отеля: Адрес: Principal, 4, 03590 Альтеа, Испания …   Каталог отелей

  • beauty — / bju:ti/, it. / bjuti/ s. ingl. [abbrev. di beauty case ], usato in ital. al masch. [valigetta di uso femminile, in forma di bauletto, in cui vengono riposti cosmetici vari] ▶◀ [➨ beauty case] …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • beauty — [n1] physical attractiveness adorableness, allure, allurement, artistry, attraction, bloom, charm, class, comeliness, delicacy, elegance, exquisiteness, fairness, fascination, glamor, good looks, grace, handsomeness, loveliness, polish,… …   New thesaurus

  • beauty — /ˈbjuti, ingl. ˈbjuːtɪ/ s. m. inv. accorc. di beauty case …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • beauty — [byo͞ot′ē] n. pl. beauties [ME beaute < OFr bealte < VL * bellitas < L bellus, pretty, lovely] 1. the quality attributed to whatever pleases or satisfies the senses or mind, as by line, color, form, texture, proportion, rhythmic motion,… …   English World dictionary

  • Beauty — For beauty as a characteristic of a person s appearance, see Physical attractiveness. For other uses, see Beauty (disambiguation). Rayonnant rose window in Notre Dame de Paris. Light was considered as the most beautiful revelation of God, as was… …   Wikipedia

  • beauty — noun 1 quality of being beautiful ADJECTIVE ▪ breathtaking, exquisite, great, majestic, outstanding (esp. BrE), sheer, stunning ▪ an area of breathtaking beauty …   Collocations dictionary

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