feature

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 External links 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Anglo-Norman feture, from Old French faiture, from Latin factura.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /fiːtʃə(r)/, SAMPA: /fi:tS@(r)/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -iːtʃə(r)

[edit] Noun

feature (plural features)

1. An important or main item.
2. A long, prominent, article or item in the media, or the department that creates them; frequently used technically to distinguish content from news.
3. One of the physical constituents of the face (eyes, nose, etc.; see features).
4. (computing) A beneficial capability of a piece of software.
   • 2002, Sam Williams, Free as in Freedom:

     The program contained an internal feature, which allowed a user to update display text after each command keystroke.

5. 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; as, one of the features of the landscape.
   • 1911, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica:

     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.

6. (archaeology) 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.

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• See also Wikisaurus:characteristic

[edit] Derived terms

• featural
• feature article

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[edit] External links

• feature in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

[edit] Verb

to feature (third-person singular simple present features, present participle featuring, simple past and past participle featured)

1. To ascribe the greatest importance to something within a certain context.
2. To star, to contain.

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