Feature

/ˈfiː.t͡ʃəː/ · noun

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. (obsolete) One's structure or make-up: form, shape, bodily proportions.
2. An important or main item.
3. (media) A long, prominent article or item in the media, or the department that creates them; frequently used technically to distinguish content from news.
4. Any of the physical constituents of the face (eyes, nose, etc.).
5. (computing) A beneficial capability of a piece of software.
6. 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.
7. (archaeology) Something discerned from physical evidence that helps define, identify, characterize, and interpret an archeological site.
8. (engineering) Characteristic forms or shapes of parts. For example, a hole, boss, slot, cut, chamfer, or fillet.

Example Sentences

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.

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

A feature interview with a noted personality or a discussion covering a specific issue is then presented.

The program contained an internal feature, which allowed a user to update display text after each command keystroke.

one of the features of the landscape

The most prominent feature of the New England land system was the town grant, which in every case became the territorial basis of a group settlement.

Another recently discovered cave temple site, Shizikou in Linyou County, Shaanxi, preserves sculptures with thin legs, particularly bodhisattvas, that are much taller and more slender than the figures of this niche but share a number of stylistic features, including a diagonal chest shawl and a dhoti with an overlapping apron of cloth that falls from the waist in the same two-part pattern of scalloped folds and a waist tie hanging down the middle; they have long tubular arms as well.

England are up and running. Again. It has been a happy feature of the Gareth Southgate years that his team always win their opening tie at tournaments. It never used to be the case with England but to the list that features Tunisia, Croatia and Iran can be added the name of Serbia.

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