feature-length

American  

[fee-cher-length] / ˈfi tʃərˈlɛŋθ /

adjective

1. long enough to be made a feature; of full length.

   a feature-length story; a feature-length film.

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feature-length British  

adjective

1. (of a film or programme) similar in extent to a feature although not classed as such

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Etymology

Origin of feature-length

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

feature-length

With Parsons now adapting the Backrooms for a feature-length horror thriller, the strange fictive world is rapidly entering mainstream discourse.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026

It had taken approximately a year to copy the roughly six billion files, he said -- the equivalent of around 20 million feature-length films, in terms of data volume.

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

The chances of a life as complex and purposefully incongruent as Madonna’s fitting into one feature-length film — even two or three — are slim, and even that’s an understatement.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

He wants to use the the tool to help make his feature-length film called “Sebastian,” about a Christian saint set in 3rd century Rome.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026

This had to be; she was too intractably hard a case in the first season, which consisted of three feature-length investigations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026