feature
Forms
- Plural
- features
- present (v1)
- feature
- past (v2)
- featured
- past participle (v3)
- featured
- present participle
- featuring
- 3rd person singular
- features
Definitions
1.An important or main item.
- Features of this model include a long battery life and a durable case.
- He was included in a feature that was written by the EspnCricinfo department on the media.
- A feature interview with a noted personality or a discussion covering a specific issue is then presented.
2.Any of the physical constituents of the face (eyes, nose, etc.).
3.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.
- The most prominent feature of the New England land system was the town grant, which in every case became the territorial basis of a group settlement.
4.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.
1.To ascribe the greatest importance to something within a certain context.
2.To star, to contain.
- Whitfield wanted to put together a new act to feature his abilities.
3.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.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1158
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
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.