EGAVE

feature

Academic Word List, sublist 2.

About 40.28 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun One's structure or make-up: form, shape, bodily proportions.
  2. noun An important or main item. A component that draws attention or interest.
    a water feature
  3. noun A component that draws attention or interest.
    a water feature
  4. noun A beneficial capability of a piece of software.
  5. noun 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.
  6. noun Ellipsis of feature film.
  7. noun Any of the physical constituents of the face (eyes, nose, etc.).
  8. 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.
    one of the features of the landscape

Similar words

characteristic lineament have feature film boast sport feature article aspect substance item

Often followed by

of in is that was which to and on

Word family

featured featureless features featuring

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