Dictionary Definition
feature
Noun
1 a prominent aspect of something; "the map
showed roads and other features"; "generosity is one of his best
characteristics" [syn: characteristic]
2 the characteristic parts of a person's face:
eyes and nose and mouth and chin; "an expression of pleasure
crossed his features"; "his lineaments were very regular" [syn:
lineament]
3 the principal (full-length) film in a program
at a movie theater; "the feature tonight is `Casablanca'" [syn:
feature
film]
4 a special or prominent article in a newspaper
or magazine; "they ran a feature on retirement planning" [syn:
feature
article]
5 an article of merchandise that is displayed or
advertised more than other articles
Verb
1 have as a feature; "This restaurant features
the most famous chefs in France" [syn: have] [ant: miss]
2 wear or display in an ostentatious or proud
manner; "she was sporting a new hat" [syn: sport, boast]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- An important or main item.
- A long, prominent, article or item in the media, or the department that creates them; frequently used technically to distinguish content from news.
- One of the physical constituents of the face (eyes, nose, etc.; see features).
- A beneficial capability of a piece of software.
Derived terms
Translations
important or main item
- Dutch: eigenschap
- Finnish: pääasia, pääohjelmanumero, ominaisuus
- German: Besonderheit, Charakteristikum, Eigentümlichkeit, Merkmal, Eigenschaft
- Russian: особенность, свойство, признак
long, prominent, article or item in the media
- Dutch: hoofdartikel, verslag
- Finnish: pääjuttu
- German: Feature, Feuilleton, Sonderbeitrag
one of the physical constituents of the face
- Dutch: trek, gelaatstrek
- Finnish: piirre, kasvonpiirre
- German: Charakteristikum, Merkmal
- Russian: черта лица
computing: beneficial capability of a piece of
software
- Dutch: eigenschap
- Finnish: toiminto, toiminnallisuus
- German: Besonderheit, Merkmal, Eigenschaft
- Russian: функция, фича slang
- ttbc Chinese: 特征 (tèzhēng), 扮演 (bànyǎn)
- ttbc Croatian: crte lica , osobina , svojstvo
- ttbc Danish: hovedemne
- ttbc French: caractéristique , particularité , spécialité
- ttbc Hebrew: מאמר
- ttbc Indonesian: ciri khas
- ttbc Interlingua: characteristica
- ttbc Italian: caratteristica , qualità
- ttbc Japanese: 特徴 (とくちょう, tokuchō)
- ttbc Korean: 특징 (teukjing)
- ttbc Polish: cecha
- ttbc Portuguese: habilidade , qualidade , característica
- ttbc Romanian: caracteristica , atribut
- ttbc Slovene: značilnost
- ttbc Spanish: característica , atributo , cualidad , rasgo
- ttbc Swedish: kännemärke, huvudnummer
Verb
- To ascribe the greatest importance to something within a certain context.
- To star, to contain.
Translations
acribe the greatest importance
- Dutch: (laten) oplichten, benadrukken
- German: bieten, aufweisen, darbieten, besonders herausstellen
star, contain
- Dutch: met, bevatten
- German: mitspielen, in der Hauptrolle
Extensive Definition
Feature may refer to:
- Featuring, guest appearance
- Feature (archaeology), any dug, built, or dumped evidence of human activity
- Feature (Computer vision), could be an edge, corner or blob
- Feature (CAD), could be a hole, pocket, or notch
- Features (pattern recognition), in statistics, individual measurable properties of the phenomena being observed
- Feature data, in geographic information systems, comprises information about an entity with a geographic location
- A feature story is an article in a periodical that is meant to take an in-depth look at issues behind a news story
- Feature (linguistics), a property of a class of linguistic items which describes individual members of that class
- Distinctive feature, the most basic unit of structure that can be analyzed by phonetics and phonology
- Feature film, a film intended initial distribution in theaters
- Feature (software design) is an intended behavior or property of a computer program usually documented in a design.
See also: Radio
documentary (feature)
feature in German: Feature
feature in Japanese: フィーチャー
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
3-D, Cinemascope, Cinerama, Technicolor, Western, act, adjunct, advertise, affection, air, angle, animated cartoon, appurtenance, aroma, article, article of commerce,
article of merchandise, aspect, attribute, authoritative, badge, be, be a gas, be a hit, be into, be
strong in, bearing, best
part, bill, birthmark, black-and-white
film, bomb, brand, brow, cachet, call attention to,
carriage, cartoon, cast, cast of countenance, causerie, character, characteristic, chiller, cinema, circumstance, color, color film, column, commodity, complexion, component, configuration, confine, confined, constituent, contents, countenance, creepie, cut, demeanor, descant, detail, dial, differentia, differential, discourse, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, distinctive
feature, documentary, documentary
film, dramatize,
draw, drawing card,
drug, earmark, educational film,
effect, eidolon, element, emphasize, essay, etude, examination, excursus, expert, exposition, face, facet, facial appearance, factor, fail, fashion, favor, featured, features, figure, film, first approach, fixings, flavor, flick, flicker, flop, follow, form, garb, gestalt, go in for, guise, gust, hallmark, headline, high point, high
spot, highlight,
homily, horror picture,
horse opera, hype, idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, image, imago, impress, impression, index, individualism, individuality, ingredient, integrant, introductory study,
item, keynote, kisser, knowledgeable, lead item,
leader, leading card,
light, likeness, limit, limited, lineaments, lines, look, looks, loss leader, lucubration, main feature,
major in, make a hit, makings, manner, mannerism, map, mark, marking, melodramatize, memoir, mien, minor in, mold, monograph, morceau, motion picture,
motion-picture show, mount, movie, moving picture, mug, narrow, nature, newsreel, note, nudie, odor, open, open a show, outline, outstanding feature,
pan, pandect, paper, paragraph, part, part and parcel, participate, particular, particularity, peculiarity, perform, phase, phasis, phiz, photodrama, photoplay, physiognomy, picture, picture show, piece, play up, point, pornographic film, port, posture, preliminary study,
premiere, presence, present, preview, produce, product, prolegomenon, promote, property, publicize, puff up, pursue, puss, put on, quality, quirk, reference, regard, research paper, respect, restrict, restricted, savor, scenarize, screed, seal, seconds, seeming, semblance, set the stage,
shape, short, side, silent, silent film, simulacrum, singularity, sketch, skin flick, slant, smack, sneak preview, spaghetti
Western, special,
special article, specialist, specialistic, speciality, specialize, specialize in,
specialized,
specialty, spotlight, stage, stamp, stance, standard article,
staple, staple item,
star, stress, study, style, succeed, survey, taint, talkie, talking picture, tang, taste, technical, term paper,
theatricalize,
theme, thesis, thriller, token, total effect, tract, tractate, trailer, trait, traits, treatise, treatment, trick, try out, turn, twist, underground film, underscore, vendible, view, viewpoint, virtue, visage, ware, wise