features
English meaning: Features
Definition
One's structure or make-up: form, shape, bodily proportions.
Example
“The new phone has several features the old model lacked.”
Another example: “The magazine ran a special feature on local artists.”
Usage — When, Where & How
Plural of 'feature'. A common, neutral noun for distinctive characteristics or parts of something (a product's features), a person's facial parts ('delicate features'), a prominent newspaper or magazine article, or a full-length film. Also a verb ('the film features...').
Etymology & Origin
English — Origin & History
From Old French 'faiture' (form, shape, making), from Latin 'factura' (a making), from 'facere' (to make); in English from the 14th century.
Synonyms
- characteristics
- attributes
- qualities
- aspects
- traits
- elements
Related Words
Common Collocations
- key features
- safety features
- facial features
- feature film
- main features
- new features
Word Forms
feature (n & v); features; featured; featuring
Word Tools
Literary Heritage
“To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.”
/To thine own self be true/
“Be honest with yourself — and as naturally as night follows day, you will be unable to be false to others.”
“I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too?”
/I'm nobody! Who are you?/
“I am nobody — and that quiet anonymity is more honest than the noise of public fame.”
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- English
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- Indo-European
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