feature

[fee-cher]

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noun

a prominent or conspicuous part or characteristic: Tall buildings were a new feature on the skyline.

something offered as a special attraction: This model has several added features.

Also called feature film. the main motion picture in a movie program: What time is the feature?

any part of the face, as the nose, chin, or eyes: prominent features.

features, the face; countenance: to compose one's features for the photographers.

the form or cast of the face: delicate of feature.

a column, cartoon, etc., appearing regularly in a newspaper or magazine.

feature story.

Archaic. make, form, or shape.

verb (used with object), fea·tured, fea·tur·ing.

to be a feature or distinctive mark of: It was industrial expansion that featured the last century.

to make a feature of; give prominence to: to feature a story or picture in a newspaper.

to delineate the main characteristics of; depict; outline.

Informal. to conceive of; imagine; fancy: He couldn't quite feature himself as a bank president.

Older Use. to resemble in features; favor.

verb (used without object), fea·tured, fea·tur·ing.

to play a major part.

Origin of feature

1350–1400; 1905–10 for def 3; Middle English feture < Anglo-French, Middle French faiture < Latin factūra a making. See fact, -ure

Related formstrans·fea·ture, verb (used with object), trans·fea·tured, trans·fea·tur·ing.un·der·fea·ture, noun

Synonyms for feature

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1. Feature, characteristic, peculiarity refer to a distinctive trait of an individual or of a class. Feature suggests an outstanding or marked property that attracts attention: Complete harmony was a feature of the convention. Characteristic means a distinguishing mark or quality (or one of such) always associated in one's mind with a particular person or thing: Defiance is one of his characteristics. Peculiarity means that distinct or unusual characteristic that marks off an individual in the class to which he, she, or it belongs: A blue-black tongue is a peculiarity of the chow chow.

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Related Words for featuring

showing, pushing, turning, recommending, headlining, promoting, presenting, starring, highlighting, displaying

Examples from the Web for featuring

Contemporary Examples of featuring

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The room is a Second Empire design from the 19th century, featuring rich gold columns, frescoes, and glass chandeliers.
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Historical Examples of featuring

Please don't object to my featuring the Pendleton family so prominently.
Dear Enemy
Jean Webster
He was such a figure as the comic papers of the day were featuring as the exquisite young man of the period.
In the Heart of a Fool
William Allen White
His newest one, though—the one he is featuring this year—is, in the opinion of competent judges, the gem of the Hance collection.
Roughing it De Luxe
Irvin S. Cobb
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" was a literary indictment of the South by featuring its supposed brutalities.
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Elbert Hubbard
In addition to featuring the news story both papers handled the subject at length in their editorial columns.
The Vision Spendid
William MacLeod Raine

British Dictionary definitions for featuring

feature

noun

any one of the parts of the face, such as the nose, chin, or mouth

a prominent or distinctive part or aspect, as of a landscape, building, book, etc

the principal film in a programme at a cinema

an item or article appearing regularly in a newspaper, magazine, etca gardening feature

Also called: feature story a prominent story in a newspaper, etca feature on prison reform

a programme given special prominence on radio or television as indicated by attendant publicity

an article offered for sale as a special attraction, as in a large retail establishment

archaic general form or make-up

linguistics a quality of a linguistic unit at some level of descriptiongrammatical feature; semantic feature

verb

(tr) to have as a feature or make a feature of

to give prominence to (an actor, famous event, etc) in a film or (of an actor, etc) to have prominence in a film

(tr) US informal to imagine; considerI can't feature that happening

Word Origin for feature

C14: from Anglo-French feture, from Latin factūra a making, from facere to make

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Word Origin and History for featuring

feature

early 14c., "make, form, fashion," from Anglo-French feture, from Old French faiture "deed, action; fashion, shape, form; countenance," from Latin factura "a formation, a working," from past participle stem of facere "make, do, perform" (see factitious). Sense of "facial characteristic" is mid-14c.; that of "any distinctive part" first recorded 1690s. Entertainment sense is from 1801; in journalism by 1855. Meaning "a feature film" is from 1913.

feature

1755, "to resemble," from feature (n.). The sense of "make special display or attraction of" is 1888; entertainment sense from 1897. Related: Featured; featuring.