beautybeau‧ty /ˈbjuːti/ ●●● S3 W2 noun (plural beauties) 
her beauty and grace an area of outstanding natural beauty Millions of dollars are spent each year on beauty products.2woman [countable] a woman who is very beautiful: She was considered a great beauty in her youth.3poem/music/emotion etc [uncountable] a quality that something such as a poem, song, emotion etc has that gives you pleasure or joybeauty of the beauty of Shakespeare’s verse4advantage the beauty of something a particularly good quality that makes something especially suitable or useful: The beauty of e-mail is its speed and ease of use.5[countable] spoken a very good, large etc example of something: You should have seen the boat – a real beauty.6beauty is in the eye of the beholder used to say that different people have different opinions about what is beautiful7beauty is only skin-deep used to say that how someone looks is not as important as a good characterTHESAURUSbeauty the quality of being very attractive to look at – used about people, objects, and places: · She was greatly admired for her beauty and intelligence.· the natural beauty of the landscape.· The Ancient Greeks created statues of outstanding beauty and dignity.somebody’s good looks someone’s attractive appearance, especially their face and features: · With his dark good looks, Jason could have been a film star.glamour an exciting quality which makes someone or something seem attractive and connected with wealth and success: · Men loved her for her beauty and her glamour.· Add a black lace top for a touch of glamour.aesthetic adjective connected with beauty and the study of beauty: · The aesthetic value of their work is easy to appreciate.· the declining aesthetic standards of our civilization· The aesthetic qualities in a Buddhist sculpture are similar to those in any other work of art.
WORD ORIGINbeauty
Origin:
1200-1300 Old French biauté, from bel, biau ‘beautiful’, from Latin bellus ‘pretty’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Eric's new car is a real beauty.
- He had written a poem about Sylvia, praising her charm and beauty.
- I found the temple a place of great beauty.
- I was impressed by the beauty and warmth of the people.
- Millions are spent every year on beauty products.
- Shaw was moved by the beauty of Handel's music.
- She was once considered quite a beauty.
- the beauty of America's national parks
- the beauty of the countryside in spring
- After that we found more dead birds, their beauty still unspoiled.
- But even the hidden threat down there was part of its beauty for him.
- She has a sort of degenerate beauty.
- This beauty comes from Sumatra and prefers soft acid water, which will coax out its best colouration.
- This may help one to see the beauty and wisdom of the natural world in a much more positive light.
- This was the birthplace of the Renaissance and its streets revel in artistic beauty.
- Today the bucolic beauty of the region hides a deeply entrenched and long-standing poverty.
THESAURUS
the quality of being very attractive to look at – used about people, objects, and places: · She was greatly admired for her beauty and intelligence.· the natural beauty of the landscape.· The Ancient Greeks created statues of outstanding beauty and dignity.
someone’s attractive appearance, especially their face and features: · With his dark good looks, Jason could have been a film star.
an exciting quality which makes someone or something seem attractive and connected with wealth and success: · Men loved her for her beauty and her glamour.· Add a black lace top for a touch of glamour.
adjective connected with beauty and the study of beauty: · The aesthetic value of their work is easy to appreciate.· the declining aesthetic standards of our civilization· The aesthetic qualities in a Buddhist sculpture are similar to those in any other work of art.
Longman Language Activatora good feature of something a good feature of something, for example a way in which it is useful or better than other things of the same kind: · There are different ways of saving money for retirement, but this one has several advantages.advantage of: · The advantage of walking to work is that I get some exercise.big advantage: · One of the big advantages of the course is that it helps students develop their writing skills in English.
spoken use this when you are talking about one of the main advantages of something: · The good thing about this job is that I can work at home whenever I want.
a feature of something that has a good effect on people's lives: · Tourism has brought many benefits to the area.benefit of: · the benefits of a healthy lifestyle· What are the benefits for Britain of belonging to the European Union?
one of the good characteristics of something such as a plan, system, or way of doing something: · The merits of the new health programme are gradually being recognized.· The committee is still considering the merits of the new proposals.
an additional quality that helps to make something more useful, valuable, or attractive than other things of the same type: be a plus: · The hotel's closeness to the beach is definitely a plus.plus point British: · The plus point of this area is its school system, which is considered one of the best in the city.
a particularly good quality that makes something especially useful, suitable, or likely to be successful: that's the beauty of it spoken: · Our new generator runs entirely on recycled fuel. That's the beauty of it.the beauty of something is that: · The beauty of the plan is that it only requires a small investment.
a beautiful appearance the beautiful appearance of a place or person: · the beauty of the countryside in spring· He had written a poem about Sylvia, praising her charm and beauty.of great beauty (=very beautiful) formal: · I found the temple a place of great beauty.
someone's attractive appearance: · With his dark good looks, Jason could have been a TV star.
woman use this about a woman who is extremely attractive in a way that is fairly unusual and special, so that people notice and admire her: · Standing in the doorway was a beautiful woman with long black hair and green eyes.· Karen was even more beautiful than I had remembered.· She has a beautiful smile.· You look beautiful tonight.
use this about a woman who is nice to look at and has an attractive face and body: · Ginny was tall and good-looking.· A good-looking young woman in a business suit came into the room.· She seems to get better-looking the older she gets.
use this about a young woman or girl who has an attractive face and is good-looking, but not in an unusual way: · Maureen's really pretty, isn't she?· A pretty girl like you should have a boyfriend.· She has a pretty face.· Doesn't she look pretty with her hair up?
use this about a woman who is good-looking, especially in a way that makes people sexually interested in her: · Frances was a charming and attractive girl.· Bob's wife is a very attractive womanfind somebody attractive: · A lot of men find plump women attractive.
especially spoken use this about a woman who looks pleasant and friendly but is not extremely pretty: · My mother was always a nice-looking woman.
especially American, spoken use this about a girl or young woman who is pretty and sexually attractive: · Do you like Jill Anderson? I think she's cute!· Heidi is the cutest girl in my class.
especially spoken use this to emphasize that a woman is extremely attractive, in a sexual way: · That woman on "Baywatch" - I think she's gorgeous.· You look absolutely gorgeous in that dress!
use this about a woman who looks like a beautiful actress or as if she is very rich, and has an attractive body and wears expensive clothes: · The picture showed a glamorous young woman sitting in a sports car.· glamorous Hollywood movie stars of the 1950s
use this about a woman who is extremely beautiful and sexually attractive, in a way that everyone notices and admires: · Men always stared when she looked good, and today she was stunning.· Mother came out of her room, looking stunning in her silk dressing gown.
use this about a woman who is tall and attractive, and wears clothes that are simple but have a lot of good style: · An elegant young woman sat at the next table, sipping a cocktail.· Jody manages to look elegant, even in a simple pantsuit.
use this about a woman who is very attractive, especially because she has a particular feature that is beautiful and unusual: · Even at 75, Alice is still a striking woman.· Celia had striking brown eyes like some Russian icon.· With her mass of black hair and pale skin she looked very striking.
especially British if a woman looks lovely , she looks very attractive: · He told his wife that evening that she had never looked lovelier.· Claire was young and lovely, but rather shy.
very good-looking and sexually attractive - used especially in humorous descriptions: · The farmer had three daughters, all three blonde and ravishing.· Cynthia looked positively ravishing this evening.
written a very beautiful woman: · In her youth she had been a woman of great beauty.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY an area of outstanding natural beauty Millions of dollars are spent each year on beauty products.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES She was no raving beauty, but at least she looked smart. an exclusive hair salon a region of scenic beauty
an area of outstanding natural beauty Millions of dollars are spent each year on beauty products. (=to find the most beautiful person)· Miss Colombia won the beauty contest.
· She doesn’t buy beauty products that have been tested on animals.
She was no raving beauty, but at least she looked smart. an exclusive hair salon a region of scenic beauty· The article contains some useful beauty tips.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· The Province Northern Ireland is justly famous for its great natural beauty and the warmth and hospitality of its people.· In other letters he wrote about the great beauty of the country, the paddies and mountains and jungles.· They were indeed works of art, great mop-headed beauties made from finely-cut wood shavings which curled into unbelievable shapes.· Vines are another source of great beauty as well as food.· You find a parallel world that knows great beauty but can speak only through a tiny box of plastic and tin.· The wild whooper swan is a bird of great beauty and, I think, on the increase in the Border region.· In the presence of great beauty I am often left speechless.
· Inter-war Britain was notable for a generation which sought to emphasize the principles and practicalities of the protection of natural beauty.· We still have a great deal of space and a great deal of natural beauty.· Formerly farmland, it's in the Blythe Valley, an area of outstanding natural beauty with topography just made for golf.· And then, invigorated by the fresh air and natural beauty, we headed back towards Marloes.· Traffic is horrendous, walking dangerous and any semblance of natural beauty largely absent.· Land could be sold off or developed, causing significant harm to present areas of natural beauty and important wildlife habitats.· Our grandchildren should not have to live in a world stripped of its natural beauty.
· So conservationists hope they can preserve the area's outstanding natural beauty and cater for the tourists too.· Formerly farmland, it's in the Blythe Valley, an area of outstanding natural beauty with topography just made for golf.· But other hostels were successfully established in areas of outstanding beauty or interest, often in historic, unusual buildings.· An area of outstanding natural beauty.· The hillside may be windy, but it's also in an area of outstanding natural beauty.· All this takes place in an area of outstanding natural beauty.· I am sure when it opens in May 1992, golfers will appreciate its outstanding beauty.· It is an area of outstanding beauty supporting rare plantlife and the greatest asset to tourism.
· What happens in the pursuit of physical beauty?· It helps, too, if the small city is a place of extraordinary physical beauty with no natural walls.· Women have the potential to link physical and spiritual beauty.· I marveled at her physical beauty, wanting her to like me, to read to me, to even hold me.· He did however enjoy the physical beauty of Cambridge, and retained a strong affection for the place on this ground at least.· Her whole soul breathed out physical beauty.· At first it had been his physical beauty, then the cast of his mind.· All her life she had been beguiled by physical beauty in men and in women.
· But now, 20 years on, it's aged into a real beauty.· She was so young, and a real beauty.· She was a real beauty, or so I thought at the time.· A couple of them gals were real beauties.· That is surely the real essence of beauty, nomatterwhat the age.· That was the real beauty of Zack, the man he was inside.· But the real beauty of this bass is that the playing of it does not detract from this favourable first impression.· On a day of surprises, there was a real beauty before the game.
· The state has long relied on its scenic beauty to draw visitors and attract business.· Day 4 Pagan-Mandalay A morning flight takes you to Mandalay where scenic beauty and historical tragedy are inextricably meshed.· This fat guide reviews 300 places suitable for skaters with ratings for scenic beauty and pavement quality.· Monthly payments will then be made for maintaining the lands in a way that preserves their wildlife and scenic beauty.
· The sheer beauty of the handsome yard revived her.· Now the function of the dogwood is to be found in its sheer beauty.· Whether you are fascinated by the unusual, or enchanted by sheer beauty, there is something for everyone here.· At that moment they reached the ruined abbey and she fell silent at its sheer beauty.· She heard him gasp at the sheer beauty of her superb feminine body.· But the sheer beauty and ingenuity of the animal adaptations were breathtaking and the gorgeousness of the plant life staggering.
NOUN· Just like the outside world, only in a beauty contest you are more aware of it!· Most interviewers did their jobs like judges at a beauty contest.· Fortunately, he ate his last slice long before the advent of pub beauty contests.· College football is as much a beauty contest as it is a game.· Dave Simpson's adult comedy, set in a beauty contest, returns to Liverpool after a successful run last year.· Mrs Wexford had a magnificent figure and a fine profile although she had never been of the stuff that wins beauty contests.· He said he had been to a beauty contest where the audience were mostly farmers.· The play is set in a seedy northern beauty contest, which gives Paula the chance to use her original Mancunian accent.
· Boxing champion Mike Tyson was, of course, convicted in the 1992 rape of a beauty pageant contestant.· A beauty pageant, of course.
· Linda Leung said she swept and washed down the sidewalk every morning in front of her beauty parlor on Wentworth.· They took long lunches and went to barbershops, beauty parlors, bathhouses, and tearooms during working hours.
· Pamper a friend with a natural beauty product by post.· The flapper had to be a good consumer, keeping up with fashion and buying the latest in beauty products.· I never bought that stuff about her ever-expanding conscience and I certainly never bought any of her beauty products.· Industry analysts said the market is ripe for beauty products geared toward ethnic groups.· Taken on to sell insurance, patent medicines and beauty products, I sold my own animals and bought an old bicycle.· Then there were coupons on health and beauty products.· Smaller and less costly items such as pens, beauty products and food are much more obvious candidates for a more general distribution.· Two promoted silk stockings and Florence Stack appeared in newspaper advertisements praising Tokalon beauty products.
· It has sprouted shopping malls, discos and nightclubs, beauty salons, gymnasia, news kiosks, coffee shops.· I noticed it only because part of the mixture involved a large quantity of my expensive beauty salon shampoo.· Gymnasium, sauna, steam room, beauty salon, indoor pool.· Have your eyelashes dyed at a local beauty salon and then you can simply forget about them all summer.· Comfortable public rooms include a bar, restaurant, lounge and beauty salon.· It is also worth going along to a beauty salon a month or so in advance to have your make-up done.· Ask for Tuenda treatment and homecare products at your Depilex Appointed beauty salon.
· But Jude is used to going short of beauty sleep-although it doesn't show.· She started her new job on Monday and she said she needed her beauty sleep before tackling the front attic.· A girl needed her beauty sleep.· Playing Desert Storm on my Sega console had not only eroded my morals, it had disturbed my beauty sleep.
· She wears a lot of makeup and even a false beauty spot on her cheek.· Ted, who has lived for over thirty years in Yorkshire, will guide you to a different beauty spot every day.· The beauty spot brings back horrific memories for the couple; memories of a night they were not meant to survive.· Guests can enjoy trips to local beauty spots, dancing at a local hotel, and visits to local theatres.· He attacked the couple as they cuddled in their car at a remote beauty spot.
VERB· May we learn to appreciate its beauty and its comforts whilst we still have them to enjoy.· One should pass the magnifying glass over to science; the eyes are sufficient to appreciate the beauties of the landscape.· Let us hope visitors will appreciate the beauty of the house-whatever story they are told about recent history.· To appreciate all of this beauty relies upon your noticing its subtleties.· It was here, however, that I learned to appreciate the beauty of wild, unspoiled places.· I am sure when it opens in May 1992, golfers will appreciate its outstanding beauty.· It needs to be studied with some form of magnification to be able to appreciate its full beauty.
· Each had an individual story that complemented the other, creating ecological beauty and providing spiritual as well as physical sustenance.· He was ugly to look upon, but he created great beauty.· Arts of colour and harmony; the ability to create beauty in the environment around you.
· Yet we are always doing this, because we so like to enjoy contemplating the beauty of our feline companions.· But he can not enjoy beauty or joy.· Guests can enjoy trips to local beauty spots, dancing at a local hotel, and visits to local theatres.· Rather I enjoy its beauty and the vagrant life I lead more keenly all the time.· He did however enjoy the physical beauty of Cambridge, and retained a strong affection for the place on this ground at least.· Advanced cyclists can enjoy the rugged beauty and the challenge of this West Texas terrain.· Table mats will protect the surface but also allow you to enjoy the natural beauty of the wood grain.· A little further away you can enjoy the natural beauty of Exmoor National Park.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► beauty is only skin-deep► beauty is in the eye of the beholderPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► be evil/beauty/greed etc incarnate
- The beauty of this diet is that you never have to feel hungry.
- Anne said nothing but as the months passed, it was increasingly difficult to resist the beauty of belief.
- I am impressed by the beauty of the art, by the richness and distinctiveness of Okinawan culture.
- It was also, according to everyone, famous for the beauty of the Druitt girls, of whom I was one.
- Johnny Marr couldn't believe the beauty of Morrissey's voice.
- Let us hope visitors will appreciate the beauty of the house-whatever story they are told about recent history.
- New trees will be planted to increase the beauty of our neighbourhoods.
- That was the beauty of our reign.
- Yet we are always doing this, because we so like to enjoy contemplating the beauty of our feline companions.
- In that dream he saw a vision of loveliness: himself as Foreign Secretary.
WORD FAMILYnounbeauticianbeautyadjectivebeautifuladverbbeautifully
1appearance [uncountable] a quality that people, places, or things have that makes them very attractive to look at: her beauty and grace an area of outstanding natural beauty Millions of dollars are spent each year on beauty products.2woman [countable] a woman who is very beautiful: She was considered a great beauty in her youth.3poem/music/emotion etc [uncountable] a quality that something such as a poem, song, emotion etc has that gives you pleasure or joybeauty of the beauty of Shakespeare’s verse4advantage the beauty of something a particularly good quality that makes something especially suitable or useful: The beauty of e-mail is its speed and ease of use.5[countable] spoken a very good, large etc example of something: You should have seen the boat – a real beauty.6beauty is in the eye of the beholder used to say that different people have different opinions about what is beautiful7beauty is only skin-deep used to say that how someone looks is not as important as a good characterTHESAURUSbeauty the quality of being very attractive to look at – used about people, objects, and places: · She was greatly admired for her beauty and intelligence.· the natural beauty of the landscape.· The Ancient Greeks created statues of outstanding beauty and dignity.somebody’s good looks someone’s attractive appearance, especially their face and features: · With his dark good looks, Jason could have been a film star.glamour an exciting quality which makes someone or something seem attractive and connected with wealth and success: · Men loved her for her beauty and her glamour.· Add a black lace top for a touch of glamour.aesthetic adjective connected with beauty and the study of beauty: · The aesthetic value of their work is easy to appreciate.· the declining aesthetic standards of our civilization· The aesthetic qualities in a Buddhist sculpture are similar to those in any other work of art.- spectroscope
- spectroscopic
- spectroscopy
- spectrum
- speculate
- speculation
- speculative
- speculatively
- speculator
- sped
- speech
- speech day
- speechify
- speech impediment
- speechless
- speechlessly
- speechlessness
- speech marks
- speech synthesizer
- speech therapist
- speech therapy
- speechwriter
- speed
- speedboat
- speed bump