feature

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US /ˈfi.t͡ʃɚ/ UK /ˈfiː.t͡ʃəː/ See IPA manual

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Meanings

1

noun
An important or noticeable part or quality of something.

The new phone has several useful features.
2

verb
To include or present as an important part.

This restaurant features dishes from all over the world.
3

noun
A part of someone's face, such as the eyes, nose, or mouth.

A look of surprise crossed her features.
4

noun
A special, longer article in a newspaper or magazine.

The magazine ran a feature on healthy eating.

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1 noun · an important or noticeable... characteristic

2 verb · to include or present as an... have

3 noun · a part of someone's face,... lineament

4 noun · a special, longer article... feature article

Word family

Forms featuredfeaturesfeaturing

Derived forms anti-featurebiofeaturecofeaturedefeaturedisfeatureeigenfeaturefeaturalfeature-lengthfeaturefulfeaturelessfeaturelyfeaturephone

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feature film
a full-length film intended for cinema release

Adjective + noun
distinctive feature
a characteristic that clearly sets something apart from others

Adjective + noun

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feature creep
the uncontrolled growth of new features until a product becomes bloated and hard to use

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It's not a bug, it's a feature

Simplified etymology

Feature dates from Middle English and ultimately derives from Latin facere, “to make or do.” It belongs to the same word family as fact, factor, factory, and feat.

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.

feture Middle English faiture Old French factūra Latin factus Latin faciō Latin *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European

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# feature

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈfi.t͡ʃɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈfiː.t͡ʃəː/
**Frequency rank:** 6345

## Meanings
1. An important or noticeable part or quality of something.
2. To include or present as an important part.
3. A part of someone's face, such as the eyes, nose, or mouth.
4. A special, longer article in a newspaper or magazine.

## Examples
- The new phone has several useful features.
- This restaurant features dishes from all over the world.
- A look of surprise crossed her features.
- The magazine ran a feature on healthy eating.

## Derived Forms
- anti-feature
- biofeature
- cofeature
- defeature
- disfeature
- eigenfeature
- featural
- feature-length
- featureful
- featureless
- featurely
- featurephone

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: feture
- Root: faiture
- Root: factūra
- Root: factus
- Root: faciō
- Root: *dʰeh₁-

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Feature comes 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. In current use, the main senses are “An important or noticeable part or quality of something” and “To include or present as an important part”.

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