feature

Speech parts

1. feature - Noun

2. feature - Verb

Meaning

The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance.

The make, cast, or appearance of the human face, and especially of any single part of the face; a lineament. (pl.) The face, the countenance.

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; as, one of the features of the landscape.

A form; a shape.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

characteristic property quality element component aspect sport detail attribute specialty hallmark boast peculiarity lineament trait
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Antonyms

miss body lack frequency care absence
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Hypernyms

ware have film product property pic

Hyponyms

western excellency temple take read say

Phrases with the word

distinguishing feature characteristic feature topographic feature key feature feature writing geographical feature

Examples

In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director. Alfred Hitchcock

The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals. William Osler

Change is the principal feature of our age and literature should explore how people deal with it. The best science fiction does that, head-on. David Brin

The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great Whole, of whom they have a persistent intuition. Honoré de Balzac

Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law. Thomas Paine

I have recently been examining all the known superstitions of the world, and do not find in our particular superstition (Christianity) one redeeming feature. They are all alike founded on fables and mythology. Thomas Jefferson

Close letter words and terms

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