FEATURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does feature mean? 

• FEATURE (noun)
  The noun FEATURE has 6 senses:

1. a prominent attribute or aspect of something

2. the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin

3. the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater

4. a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine

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

6. an article of merchandise that is displayed or advertised more than other articles

  Familiarity information: FEATURE used as a noun is common.

• FEATURE (verb)
  The verb FEATURE has 2 senses:

1. have as a feature

2. wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner

  Familiarity information: FEATURE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FEATURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A prominent attribute or aspect of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

characteristic; feature

Context example:

generosity is one of his best characteristics

Hypernyms ("feature" is a kind of...):

attribute; dimension; property (a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "feature"):

sex character; sex characteristic; sexual characteristic (those characteristics (both anatomical and psychological) that are strongly associated with one sex relative to the other)

invariant (a feature (quantity or property or function) that remains unchanged when a particular transformation is applied to it)

aspect; facet (a distinct feature or element in a problem)

attracter; attraction; attractive feature; attractor; magnet (a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts)

badge (any feature that is regarded as a sign of status (a particular power or quality or rank))

centerpiece; centrepiece (the central or most important feature)

contour (a feature (or the order or arrangement of features) of anything having a complex structure)

excellence; excellency (an outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels)

external (outward features)

distinctive feature; distinguishing characteristic; peculiarity (an odd or unusual characteristic)

safety feature (feature of an artifact that is added to insure a user's safety)

Derivation:

feature (have as a feature)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

feature; lineament

Context example:

his lineaments were very regular

Hypernyms ("feature" is a kind of...):

body part (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "feature"):

chin; mentum (the protruding part of the lower jaw)

jaw (the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth)

jowl (a fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw (characteristic of aging))

cheek (either side of the face below the eyes)

temple (the flat area on either side of the forehead)

brow; forehead (the part of the face above the eyes)

Holonyms ("feature" is a part of...):

face; human face (the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear)

Derivation:

feature (have as a feature)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

feature; feature film

Context example:

the feature tonight is 'Casablanca'

Hypernyms ("feature" is a kind of...):

film; flick; motion-picture show; motion picture; movie; moving-picture show; moving picture; pic; picture; picture show (a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "feature"):

horse opera; Western (a film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

feature; feature article

Context example:

they ran a feature on retirement planning

Hypernyms ("feature" is a kind of...):

article (nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication)

Holonyms ("feature" is a part of...):

mag; magazine (a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it)

newspaper; paper (a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements)

Derivation:

feature (wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner)

Sense 5

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

feature; feature of speech

Hypernyms ("feature" is a kind of...):

attribute; dimension; property (a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished)

Domain category:

linguistics (the scientific study of language)

Sense 6

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("feature" is a kind of...):

merchandise; product; ware (commodities offered for sale)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "feature"):

drawing card; leader; loss leader (a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers)

Derivation:

feature (wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner)

• FEATURE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they feature    ... he / she / it features   
Past simple: featured   
Past participle: featured   
-ing form: featuring   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Have as a feature

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

feature; have

Context example:

This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France

Verb group:

have; own; possess (have ownership or possession of)

have; have got; hold (have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "feature"):

carry (have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence)

wear (have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality)

read; say (have or contain a certain wording or form)

carry; pack; take (have with oneself; have on one's person)

brim (be completely full)

abound; bristle; burst (be in a state of movement or action)

bristle (have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles)

imply; involve (have as a necessary feature)

possess (have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill)

boast; feature; sport (wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner)

star (feature as the star)

combine; unite (have or possess in combination)

give off (have as a by-product)

bear (have)

carry (be equipped with (a mast or sail))

carry (have a certain range)

bear; wear (have on one's person)

wear (have or show an appearance of)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

feature (the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin)

feature (a prominent attribute or aspect of something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

boast; feature; sport

Context example:

she was sporting a new hat

Hypernyms (to "feature" is one way to...):

feature; have (have as a feature)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

feature (an article of merchandise that is displayed or advertised more than other articles)

feature (a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine)

 Context examples 

Jupiter’s teamwork with Neptune is one of the big features of 2020 and has another bonus for you.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The rounded features captured by the telescope, of course, are not actually yellow, red, or green—they just appear that way in the infrared, color-assigned images that the telescope sends to Earth.

(Citizen Scientists Discover Yellow "Space Balls", NASA)

For now I could no longer deny that I was a real Yahoo in every limb and feature, since the females had a natural propensity to me, as one of their own species.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

It was living philosophy, with warm, red blood, incarnated in these two men till its very features worked with excitement.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

His features were peaky and sallow, and his little pointed beard was thready and ill-nourished.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This made it easier to identify structural features of the genomes and the genes residing on them.

(Peanut Genome Sequenced with Unprecedent Accuracy, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

The feature is roughly 6,800 miles across.

(Hubble Reveals Dynamic Atmospheres of Uranus, Neptune, NASA)

Biochemical analysis of human remains has become a key feature in our understanding of past peoples.

(Analysis of the Palaeolithic diet finds that, in the prehistoric age, for thousands of years there were no social divisions in food consumption, University of Granada)

Finally resolving these tiny magnetic features is central to what makes the Inouye Solar Telescope unique.

(Newest solar telescope produces first images, National Science Foundation)

One of the main features that distinguishes this planet from Earth is that the light from its star is mostly in the near infra-red.

(Simulations show planet orbiting Proxima Centauri could have liquid water, Wikinews)