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feature
- /ˈfiː.t͡ʃəː/ UK
- [ˈfɪi̯.t͡ʃəː] UK
- /ˈfi.t͡ʃɚ/ Canadian, US, Standard
- [ˈfɪi̯.t͡ʃɚ] ~ [ˈfɪi̯.t͡ʃɹ̩] Canadian, US, Standard
Rhymes with -iːtʃə(ɹ)
Where it 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.
noun features
- One's structure or make-up: form, shape, bodily proportions. all the powres of nature, / Which she by art could vse vnto her will, / And to her seruice bind each liuing creature; / Through secret vnderstanding of their feature.
- A component that draws attention or interest. a water feature
- A beneficial capability of a piece of software. The program contained an internal feature, which allowed a user to update display text after each command keystroke.
- A long, prominent article or item in the media, or the department that creates them; frequently used technically to distinguish content from news. A feature interview with a noted personality or a discussion covering a specific issue is then presented.
- Ellipsis of feature film.feature film
- Any of the physical constituents of the face (eyes, nose, etc.).
- 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
- 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.
- Characteristic forms or shapes of parts. For example, a hole, boss, slot, cut, chamfer, or fillet.
- An individual measurable property or characteristic of a phenomenon being observed; the input of a model. MIT researchers are striving to improve the interpretability of features so decision makers will be more comfortable using the outputs of machine-learning models. Drawing on years of field work, they developed a taxonomy to help developers craft features that will be easier for their target audience
- The act of being featured in a piece of music, as a collaborator. See verb sense below; also feat.
- The elements into which linguistic units can be broken down. Voicing is a feature of the consonants b, d, and g.
verb features · featuring · featured
- To ascribe the greatest importance to something within a certain context.
- To star, to contain. Whitfield wanted to put together a new act to feature his abilities.
- To appear, to make an appearance. Led Zeppelin's Whole Lotta Love, Deep Purple's Smoke On The Water and Layla by Derek and the Dominos also featured in the top five.
- To have features resembling. More than his talents, Roger grudged him his looks, the brown eyes, golden hair, and oval face, which made people say how Johnny Weir featured his mother.
- To think about, understand, or imagine. She could feature Charles doing it, but Jerome was the perfect model of an altar boy, who made you wonder after all if there was such a bugaboo as original sin.
