Feature Definition
fēchər
featured, features, featuring
noun
features
The form or look of the face; facial appearance.
Webster's New World
Any of the parts of the face, as the eyes, nose, mouth, etc.
Webster's New World
A distinct or outstanding part, quality, or characteristic of something.
Webster's New World
A property of linguistic units or forms.
Nasality is a phonological feature.
American Heritage
In generative linguistics, any of various abstract entities that specify or combine to specify phonological, morphological, semantic, and syntactic properties of linguistic forms and that act as the targets of linguistic rules and operations.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- feature of speech
- leader
- lead
- savor
- quality
- property
- mark
- trait
- peculiarity
- character
- attribute
- characteristic
- feature-film
- feature article
- lineament
verb
featured, features, featuring
To have a prominent part.
Webster's New World
To give prominence to; make a feature of.
Webster's New World
To have or include as a prominent part or characteristic.
The play featured two well-known actors.
American Heritage
To sketch or show the features of.
Webster's New World
To be a feature of.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Feature
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Middle English feture from Old French faiture from Latin factūra a working or making from factus past participle of facere to make, do dhē- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Anglo-Norman feture, from Old French faiture, from Latin factura.
From Wiktionary
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