feature
/ˈfi.t͡ʃɚ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.82 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
noun
Something discerned from physical evidence that helps define, identify, characterize, and interpret an archeological site.
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."
- "a water feature"
- "Features of this model include a long battery life and a durable case."
- "The program contained an internal feature, which allowed a user to update display text after each command keystroke."
- "Whoop Life has a feature called Blood Pressure Insights that uses various bits of data—including heart rate, HRV, and blood flow patterns—to estimate your blood pressure."
- "A feature interview with a noted personality or a discussion covering a specific issue is then presented."
Etymology
From Middle English feture, from Anglo-Norman feture, from Old French faiture, from Latin factūra, from Latin factus, from Latin faciō (“do, make”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place, set”). Doublet of facture.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: feture, faiture, factūra, factus, faciō, *dʰeh₁-
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈfi.t͡ʃɚ/
- British English: /ˈfiː.t͡ʃəː/
Usage
- Obsolete
- Transitive verb
- Intransitive verb
- Dated
- American usage