feature

A2 Topic:The Human Body

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

noun verb Freq #6345

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.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

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

Common collocations

feature film Adjective + noun

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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Topics

The Human Body Media & Publishing

# 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”.

## Topics
- The Human Body
- Media & Publishing

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