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feature.

One's structure or make-up: form, shape, bodily proportions.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈfiː.t͡ʃəː/Received-Pronunciation[ˈfɪi̯.t͡ʃəː]Received-Pronunciation/ˈfi.t͡ʃɚ/Canadian, General-American, Standard[ˈfɪi̯.t͡ʃɚ] ~ [ˈfɪi̯.t͡ʃɹ̩]Canadian, General-American, Standard
  1. One's structure or make-up: form, shape, bodily proportions.

    obsolete
  2. An important or main item. A component that draws attention or interest.

    a water feature
    Features of this model include a long battery life and a durable case.
  3. An important or main item. A beneficial capability of a piece of software.

    broadly
  4. An important or main item. A long, prominent article or item in the media, or the department that creates them; frequently used technically to distinguish content from news.

    He was included in a feature that was written by the EspnCricinfo department on the media.
  5. An important or main item. Ellipsis of feature film.

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis
  6. Any of the physical constituents of the face (eyes, nose, etc.).

  7. 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.

    one of the features of the landscape
  8. Something discerned from physical evidence that helps define, identify, characterize, and interpret an archeological site.

    A feature of many Central Texas prehistoric archeological sites is a low spreading pile of stones called a rock midden. Other features at these sites may include small hearths.
  9. Characteristic forms or shapes of parts. For example, a hole, boss, slot, cut, chamfer, or fillet.

  10. An individual measurable property or characteristic of a phenomenon being observed; the input of a model.

  11. The act of being featured in a piece of music, as a collaborator. See verb sense below; also feat.

  12. The elements into which linguistic units can be broken down.

    Voicing is a feature of the consonants b, d, and g.
Where this word comes from

From Middle English feture, from Anglo-Norman feture, from Old French faiture, from Latin factūra, from Latin factus, from Latin faciō (“do, make”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place, set”). Doublet of facture.

verb/ˈfiː.t͡ʃəː/Received-Pronunciation[ˈfɪi̯.t͡ʃəː]Received-Pronunciation/ˈfi.t͡ʃɚ/Canadian, General-American, Standard[ˈfɪi̯.t͡ʃɚ] ~ [ˈfɪi̯.t͡ʃɹ̩]Canadian, General-American, Standard
  1. To ascribe the greatest importance to something within a certain context.

    transitive
  2. To star, to contain.

    transitive
  3. To appear, to make an appearance.

    intransitive
  4. To have features resembling.

    dated · transitive
  5. To think about, understand, or imagine.

    US · regional
Where this word comes from

From Middle English feture, from Anglo-Norman feture, from Old French faiture, from Latin factūra, from Latin factus, from Latin faciō (“do, make”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place, set”). Doublet of facture.

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