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featured

American  
[fee-cherd] / ˈfi tʃərd /

adjective

  1. made a feature or highlight; given prominence.

    a featured article; a featured actor.

  2. having features or a certain kind of features (usually used in combination).

    a well-featured face.

  3. Obsolete. formed; fashioned.


featured British  

adjective

  1. (in combination) having features as specified

    heavy-featured

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • multifeatured adjective
  • nonfeatured adjective
  • unfeatured adjective
  • well-featured adjective

Etymology

Origin of featured

First recorded in 1375–1425, featured is from the late Middle English word fetured. See feature, -ed 3

Example Sentences

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Some of those we spoke to declined to have their photos featured.

From BBC

Tandy is well placed to judge France's qualities after a tough start to his reign that has featured assignments against the Pumas, All Blacks, Springboks and England.

From BBC

This was also the heyday of traveling extravaganzas like Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West shows, which featured hundreds of performers re-enacting frontier battles and showing off their hunting and sharpshooting skills.

From The Wall Street Journal

Next up was the shooting stars competition, which returned to All-Star Weekend after a 10-year hiatus and featured four teams, each consisting of two current NBA players and one retired “legend.”

From Los Angeles Times

Once a stray, Socks became the star of several books and was often featured by the UK cartoonist Steve Bell in his daily comic strips.

From Barron's