Lexic.us

Definition of Feature

1. Noun. A prominent attribute or aspect of something. "Generosity is one of his best characteristics"

2. Verb. Have as a feature. "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France"

3. Noun. The characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin. "His lineaments were very regular"

4. Verb. Wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner. "She was sporting a new hat"

5. Noun. The principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater. "The feature tonight is `Casablanca'"

6. Noun. A special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine. "They ran a feature on retirement planning"

7. Noun. (linguistics) a distinctive characteristic of a linguistic unit that serves to distinguish it from other units of the same kind.

8. Noun. An article of merchandise that is displayed or advertised more than other articles.

Definition of Feature

1. n. The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance.

Definition of Feature

1. Noun. (obsolete) One's structure or make-up; form, shape, bodily proportions. ¹

2. Noun. An important or main item. ¹

3. Noun. (media) A long, prominent, article or item in the media, or the department that creates them; frequently used technically to distinguish content from news. ¹

4. Noun. Any of the physical constituents of the face (eyes, nose, etc.). ¹

5. Noun. (computing) A beneficial capability of a piece of software. ¹

6. Noun. The cast or structure of anything, or of any part of a thing, as of a landscape, a picture, a treaty, or an essay; any marked peculiarity or characteristic; as, one of the features of the landscape. ¹

7. Noun. (archeology) Something discerned from physical evidence that helps define, identify, characterize, and interpret an archeological site. ¹

8. Noun. (engineering) Characteristic forms or shapes of a part. For example, a hole, boss, slot, cut, chamfer, or fillet. ¹

9. Verb. To ascribe the greatest importance to something within a certain context. ¹

10. Verb. To star, to contain. ¹

11. Verb. to appear; to make an appearance. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Feature

1. to give special prominence to [v -TURED, -TURING, -TURES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Feature

featherwood featherwoods featherwork featherworks feathery feating featlier featliest featly featness

featous feats featuous featural featural surgery feature (current term) feature article feature creep feature film feature films

feature phone featured featureful featurefulness featureless featureless thecal sac featurelessly featurelessness featurely featurephone

Literary usage of Feature

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"One feature of Dr. Schlosser's paper is the complete adoption of the Osborn and Scott ... as an extremely primitive feature in its organization. ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"This, according to Poole, was not originally л feature m Fie. 56.—Court of the Mosque of Tulun, Cairo. (From Coste.) Mercian! (1338); all based on the same ..."

3. Southern History of the War by Edward Alfred Pollard (1866)
"The result of this, the distinguishing feature of the Constitution.—Thut feature an accident, and not an a priori discovery. ..."

4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1873)
"I cannot think, however, that “ Death is called a feature with special reference ... It seems then very improbable that Milton should mean by “ grim feature ..."

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