Standard Lemma guide

feature

noun · verb · 25 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfiː.t͡ʃəː/
  • Received-Pronunciation: [ˈfɪi̯.t͡ʃəː]
  • Canadian, General-American, Standard: /ˈfi.t͡ʃɚ/
  • Canadian, General-American, Standard: [ˈfɪi̯.t͡ʃɚ] ~ [ˈfɪi̯.t͡ʃɹ̩]
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːtʃə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: F IY1 CH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

One's structure or make-up: form, shape, bodily proportions.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An important or main item.

A component that draws attention or interest.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a water feature
  • Features of this model include a long battery life and a durable case.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: attraction

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An important or main item.

A beneficial capability of a piece of software.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An important or main item.

A long, prominent article or item in the media, or the department that creates them; frequently used technically to distinguish content from news.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: media

Examples

  • He was included in a feature that was written by the EspnCricinfo department on the media.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

An important or main item.

Ellipsis of feature film.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Any of the physical constituents of the face (eyes, nose, etc.).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • one of the features of the landscape

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: attribute, characteristic, designation, distinction, distinctiveness, feature, hallmark, owndom, parameter, property, propriety, quality, race, trait, touch, whatness

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

Something discerned from physical evidence that helps define, identify, characterize, and interpret an archeological site.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • 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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

Characteristic forms or shapes of parts. For example, a hole, boss, slot, cut, chamfer, or fillet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

An individual measurable property or characteristic of a phenomenon being observed; the input of a model.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: machine learning

Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

The act of being featured in a piece of music.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

The elements into which linguistic units can be broken down.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

verb

Meaning 13

To ascribe the greatest importance to something within a certain context.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

verb

Meaning 14

To star, to contain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

verb

Meaning 15

To appear, to make an appearance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

verb

Meaning 16

To have features resembling.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

verb

Meaning 17

To think about, understand, or imagine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, regional

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

noun

Meaning 18

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: merchandise, ware, product

Narrower terms: drawing card, loss leader, leader

19

noun

Meaning 19

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an expression of pleasure crossed his features
  • his lineaments were very regular

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lineament

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: body part

Narrower terms: chin, mentum, brow, forehead, temple, cheek, jowl, jaw

20

noun

Meaning 20

a prominent attribute or aspect of something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the map showed roads and other features
  • generosity is one of his best characteristics

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: characteristic

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: property, attribute, dimension

Narrower terms: sex characteristic, sexual characteristic, sex character, invariant, aspect, facet, attraction, attractor, attracter, attractive feature, magnet, badge, centerpiece, centrepiece, contour, excellence, excellency, external, peculiarity, distinctive feature, distinguishing characteristic, safety feature

21

noun

Meaning 21

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: feature of speech

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: property, attribute, dimension

22

noun

Meaning 22

a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they ran a feature on retirement planning

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: feature article

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: article

23

noun

Meaning 23

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the feature tonight is `Casablanca'

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: feature film

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick

Narrower terms: Western, horse opera

24

verb

Meaning 24

have as a feature

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: have

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: wear, bear, carry, give off, unite, combine, star, sport, feature, boast, possess, imply, involve, bristle, abound, burst, brim, pack, take, read, say

25

verb

Meaning 25

wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she was sporting a new hat

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sport, boast

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: have, feature

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

242 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مِيزَة (mīza) — important or main item
  • Arabic: صِفَة (ṣifa) — important or main item
  • Azerbaijani: xüsusiyyət — important or main item
  • Azerbaijani: özəllik — important or main item
  • Bashkir: сифат (sifat) — important or main item
  • Bashkir: һыҙат (hıźat) — important or main item
  • Basque: berezitasun — important or main item
  • Belarusian: асаблі́васць (asablívascʹ) — important or main item
  • Belarusian: уласці́васць (ulascívascʹ) — important or main item
  • Belarusian: ры́са (rýsa) — important or main item
  • Bulgarian: сво́йство (svójstvo) — important or main item
  • Bulgarian: при́знак (príznak) — important or main item
  • Bulgarian: осо́беност (osóbenost) — important or main item
  • Bulgarian: черта́ (čertá) — important or main item
  • Catalan: tret — important or main item
  • Catalan: característica — important or main item
  • Chinese Mandarin: 特徵 /特征 (tèzhēng) — important or main item
  • Czech: rys — important or main item
  • Dutch: eigenschap — important or main item
  • Finnish: ominaisuus — important or main item
  • French: caractéristique — important or main item
  • French: particularité — important or main item
  • French: spécialité — important or main item
  • Galician: característica — important or main item
  • German: Besonderheit — important or main item
  • German: Charakteristikum — important or main item
  • German: Eigentümlichkeit — important or main item
  • German: Merkmal — important or main item
  • German: Eigenschaft — important or main item
  • Greek: χαρακτηριστικό (charaktiristikó) — important or main item
  • Hebrew: מְאַפְיֵן (me’afyén) — important or main item
  • Hebrew: סַמְמָן (samemán) — important or main item
  • Hungarian: sajátság — important or main item
  • Hungarian: jellegzetesség — important or main item
  • Hungarian: jellemző — important or main item
  • Italian: caratteristica — important or main item
  • Italian: prestazione — important or main item
  • Italian: peculiarità — important or main item
  • Italian: proprietà — important or main item
  • Italian: attributo — important or main item
  • Italian: attrattiva — important or main item
  • Italian: numero — important or main item
  • Japanese: 特徴 (tokuchō) — important or main item
  • Korean: 특징 (teukjing) — important or main item
  • Macedonian: својство (svojstvo) — important or main item
  • Macedonian: црта (crta) — important or main item
  • Māori: tūāhua — important or main item
  • Māori: āhua hira — important or main item
  • Mongolian: онцлог (onclog) — important or main item
  • Persian: ویژگی (wīžigī, vižegi) — important or main item
  • Polish: właściwość — important or main item
  • Polish: cecha — important or main item
  • Portuguese: característica — important or main item
  • Portuguese: caraterística — important or main item
  • Portuguese: qualidade — important or main item
  • Romanian: caracteristică — important or main item
  • Romanian: particularitate — important or main item
  • Romanian: proprietate — important or main item
  • Russian: осо́бенность (osóbennostʹ) — important or main item
  • Russian: сво́йство (svójstvo) — important or main item
  • Russian: при́знак (príznak) — important or main item
  • Russian: черта́ (čertá) — important or main item
  • Serbo-Croatian: својство — important or main item
  • Serbo-Croatian: црта — important or main item
  • Serbo-Croatian: svojstvo — important or main item
  • Serbo-Croatian: crta — important or main item
  • Slovak: črta — important or main item
  • Slovak: rys — important or main item
  • Slovene: značilnost — important or main item
  • Spanish: atractivo — important or main item
  • Spanish: prestación — important or main item
  • Swedish: särdrag — important or main item
  • Swedish: kännetecken — important or main item
  • Swedish: egenhet — important or main item
  • Swedish: besynnerlighet — important or main item
  • Swedish: egendomlighet — important or main item
  • Turkish: vasıf — important or main item
  • Turkmen: aýratynlyk — important or main item
  • Ukrainian: особли́вість (osoblývistʹ) — important or main item
  • Ukrainian: власти́вість (vlastývistʹ) — important or main item
  • Ukrainian: ри́са (rýsa) — important or main item
  • Danish: feature — long, prominent article or item in the media
  • Dutch: hoofdartikel — long, prominent article or item in the media
  • Dutch: verslag — long, prominent article or item in the media
  • Finnish: pääjuttu — long, prominent article or item in the media
  • German: Feature — long, prominent article or item in the media
  • German: Feuilleton — long, prominent article or item in the media
  • German: Sonderbeitrag — long, prominent article or item in the media
  • Greek: στήλη (stíli) — long, prominent article or item in the media
  • Hebrew: כַּתָּבַת נוֹשֵׂא (katavát nosé) — long, prominent article or item in the media
  • Irish: gnéchlár — long, prominent article or item in the media
  • Italian: rubrica — long, prominent article or item in the media
  • Italian: servizio — long, prominent article or item in the media
  • Italian: speciale — long, prominent article or item in the media
  • Manx: ard-skeeal — long, prominent article or item in the media
  • Portuguese: reportagem — long, prominent article or item in the media
  • Portuguese: artigo — long, prominent article or item in the media
  • Romanian: foileton — long, prominent article or item in the media
  • Romanian: reportaj — long, prominent article or item in the media
  • Russian: фельето́н (felʹjetón) — long, prominent article or item in the media
  • Turkish: özel makale — long, prominent article or item in the media
  • Albanian: tipar — one of the physical constituents of the face
  • Azerbaijani: cizgi — one of the physical constituents of the face
  • Azerbaijani: üz xətti — one of the physical constituents of the face
  • Bashkir: һыҙат (hıźat) — one of the physical constituents of the face
  • Bulgarian: черта́ (čertá) — one of the physical constituents of the face
  • Catalan: tret — one of the physical constituents of the face
  • Czech: rys — one of the physical constituents of the face
  • Danish: træk — one of the physical constituents of the face
  • Danish: ansigtstræk — one of the physical constituents of the face
  • Dutch: trek — one of the physical constituents of the face
  • Dutch: gelaatstrek — one of the physical constituents of the face
  • Finnish: piirre — one of the physical constituents of the face
  • Finnish: kasvonpiirre — one of the physical constituents of the face
  • French: trait — one of the physical constituents of the face
  • German: Charakteristikum — one of the physical constituents of the face
  • German: Merkmal — one of the physical constituents of the face
  • Hindi: रूप (rūp) — one of the physical constituents of the face
  • Hindi: शक्ल (śakla) — one of the physical constituents of the face
  • Hungarian: arcvonás — one of the physical constituents of the face
  • Hungarian: vonás — one of the physical constituents of the face
  • Italian: connotati — one of the physical constituents of the face
  • Italian: lineamenti — one of the physical constituents of the face
  • Italian: fattezze — one of the physical constituents of the face
  • Italian: configurazione — one of the physical constituents of the face
  • Italian: aspetto — one of the physical constituents of the face
  • Italian: fisionomia — one of the physical constituents of the face
  • Latin: vultum — one of the physical constituents of the face
  • Portuguese: traço — one of the physical constituents of the face
  • Portuguese: fisionomia — one of the physical constituents of the face
  • Romanian: trăsătură (a feței) — one of the physical constituents of the face
  • Russian: черта́ лица́ (čertá licá) — one of the physical constituents of the face
  • Russian: черта́ (čertá) — one of the physical constituents of the face
  • Spanish: facción — one of the physical constituents of the face
  • Turkish: hususiyet — one of the physical constituents of the face
  • Turkish: özellik — one of the physical constituents of the face
  • Turkish: yüz hattı — one of the physical constituents of the face
  • Māori: tārainga — The shape or structure of anything, or of any part of a thing, as of a landscape; any marked peculiarity or characteristic.
  • Catalan: funcionalitat — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Catalan: característica — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Czech: funkce — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Dutch: eigenschap — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Esperanto: kapablo — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Esperanto: kapableco — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Finnish: ominaisuus — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Finnish: toiminto — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Finnish: toiminnallisuus — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • French: fonctionnalité — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • German: Feature — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • German: Besonderheit — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • German: Merkmal — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • German: Eigenschaft — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • German: Funktion — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Greek: δυνατότητα (dynatótita) — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Hungarian: funkció — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Hungarian: lehetőség — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Hungarian: szolgáltatás — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Indonesian: fitur — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Italian: funzionalità — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Italian: accessorio — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Italian: capacità — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Italian: specificità — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Italian: caratteristica — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Latvian: funkcija — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Latvian: iespēja — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Latvian: līdzeklis — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Malay: fungsi — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Malay: ciri — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Polish: funkcja — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Polish: możliwość — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Portuguese: função — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Portuguese: funcionalidade — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Portuguese: habilidade — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Portuguese: característica — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Portuguese: caraterística — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Russian: фу́нкция (fúnkcija) — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Russian: фи́ча f slang (fíča) — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Serbo-Croatian: fùnkcija — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Serbo-Croatian: znȁčājka — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Slovene: funkcija — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Spanish: prestación — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Turkish: hususiyet — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Turkish: özellik — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Turkmen: aýratynlyk — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Turkmen: funksiýa — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Ukrainian: фі́ча (fíča) — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Ukrainian: особли́вість (osoblývistʹ) — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Uzbek: funksiya — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Uzbek: imkoniyat — computing: beneficial capability of a piece of software
  • Bulgarian: подчертавам (podčertavam) — ascribe the greatest importance
  • Bulgarian: характеризирам (harakteriziram) — ascribe the greatest importance
  • Catalan: prioritzar — ascribe the greatest importance
  • Catalan: destacar — ascribe the greatest importance
  • Czech: podtrhnout — ascribe the greatest importance
  • Czech: zdůraznit — ascribe the greatest importance
  • Dutch: (laten) oplichten — ascribe the greatest importance
  • Dutch: benadrukken — ascribe the greatest importance
  • German: bieten — ascribe the greatest importance
  • German: aufweisen — ascribe the greatest importance
  • German: darbieten — ascribe the greatest importance
  • German: besonders herausstellen — ascribe the greatest importance
  • Italian: privilegiare — ascribe the greatest importance
  • Italian: ascrivere — ascribe the greatest importance
  • Portuguese: priorizar — ascribe the greatest importance
  • Russian: подчёркивать (podčórkivatʹ) — ascribe the greatest importance
  • Russian: подчеркну́ть (podčerknútʹ) — ascribe the greatest importance
  • Swedish: lyfta upp — ascribe the greatest importance
  • Swedish: upplyfta — ascribe the greatest importance
  • Turkish: özellik taşımak — ascribe the greatest importance
  • Catalan: protagonitzar per — to star, to contain
  • Catalan: sortir-hi — to star, to contain
  • Czech: uvádět v hlavních rolích — to star, to contain
  • Czech: uvádět — to star, to contain
  • Czech: obsahovat — to star, to contain
  • Dutch: met — to star, to contain
  • Dutch: bevatten — to star, to contain
  • Esperanto: ĉefroli — to star, to contain
  • Esperanto: ĉefroligi — to star, to contain
  • German: in der Hauptrolle f mitspielen — to star, to contain
  • Italian: interpretare — to star, to contain
  • Italian: eseguire — to star, to contain
  • Italian: impersonare — to star, to contain
  • Italian: recitare — to star, to contain
  • Portuguese: incluir — to star, to contain
  • Spanish: contar con — to star, to contain
  • Spanish: disponer de — to star, to contain
  • Turkish: baş rôlde oynamak — to star, to contain
  • Catalan: aparèixer — to appear, to make an appearance
  • Catalan: figurar — to appear, to make an appearance
  • Catalan: sortir-hi — to appear, to make an appearance
  • Czech: v hlavních rolích — to appear, to make an appearance
  • Esperanto: ĉefroli — to appear, to make an appearance
  • Esperanto: prezentiĝi — to appear, to make an appearance
  • Italian: apparire — to appear, to make an appearance
  • Italian: figurare — to appear, to make an appearance
  • Italian: impersonare — to appear, to make an appearance
  • Italian: dirigere — to appear, to make an appearance
  • Italian: cantare — to appear, to make an appearance
  • Italian: suonare — to appear, to make an appearance
  • Portuguese: figurar — to appear, to make an appearance
  • Russian: блистать (blistatʹ) — to appear, to make an appearance
  • Spanish: figurar — to appear, to make an appearance
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