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- 1 One's structure or make-up: form, shape, bodily proportions. obsolete
"all the powres of nature, / Which she by art could vse vnto her will, / And to her seruice bind each liuing creature; / Through secret vnderstanding of their feature."
- 2 an article of merchandise that is displayed or advertised more than other articles wordnet
- 3 An important or main item.
- 4 the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin wordnet
- 5 A long, prominent article or item in the media, or the department that creates them; frequently used technically to distinguish content from news.
"A feature interview with a noted personality or a discussion covering a specific issue is then presented."
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- 6 a prominent attribute or aspect of something wordnet
- 7 A long, prominent article or item in the media, or the department that creates them; frequently used technically to distinguish content from news.; Ellipsis of feature film. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
- 8 (linguistics) a distinctive characteristic of a linguistic unit that serves to distinguish it from other units of the same kind wordnet
- 9 Any of the physical constituents of the face (eyes, nose, etc.).
- 10 a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine wordnet
- 11 A beneficial capability of a piece of software.
"The program contained an internal feature, which allowed a user to update display text after each command keystroke."
- 12 the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater wordnet
- 13 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"
- 14 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."
- 15 Characteristic forms or shapes of parts. For example, a hole, boss, slot, cut, chamfer, or fillet.
- 16 An individual measurable property or characteristic of a phenomenon being observed; the input of a model.
"MIT researchers are striving to improve the interpretability of features so decision makers will be more comfortable using the outputs of machine-learning models. Drawing on years of field work, they developed a taxonomy to help developers craft features that will be easier for their target audience to understand."
- 17 The act of being featured in a piece of music.
- 18 The elements into which linguistic units can be broken down.
- 1 To ascribe the greatest importance to something within a certain context. transitive
- 2 have as a feature wordnet
- 3 To star, to contain. transitive
"Whitfield wanted to put together a new act to feature his abilities."
- 4 wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner wordnet
- 5 To appear, to make an appearance. intransitive
"Led Zeppelin's Whole Lotta Love, Deep Purple's Smoke On The Water and Layla by Derek and the Dominos also featured in the top five."
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- 6 To have features resembling. dated, transitive
"More than his talents, Roger grudged him his looks, the brown eyes, golden hair, and oval face, which made people say how Johnny Weir featured his mother."
- 7 To think about, understand, or imagine. Pennsylvania, Western
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.
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.
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