feature

n.

1. 1. Any of the distinct parts of the face, as the eyes, nose, or mouth.
   2. The overall appearance of the face or its parts. Often used in the plural.
2. A prominent or distinctive aspect, quality, or characteristic: a feature of one's personality; a feature of the landscape.
3. Linguistics.
   1. A property of linguistic units or forms: Nasality is a phonological feature.
   2. In generative linguistics, any of various abstract entities that combine to specify underlying phonological, morphological, semantic, and syntactic properties of linguistic forms and that act as the targets of linguistic rules and operations.
4. 1. The main film presentation at a theater.
   2. A full-length film.
5. A special attraction at an entertainment.
6. A prominent or special article, story, or department in a newspaper or periodical.
7. An item advertised or offered as particularly attractive or as an inducement: a washing machine with many features.
8. Archaic.
   1. Outward appearance; form or shape.
   2. Physical beauty.

tr.v., -tured, -tur·ing, -tures.

1. To give special attention to; display, publicize, or make prominent.
2. To have or include as a prominent part or characteristic: The play featured two well-known actors.
3. To depict or outline the features of.
4. Informal. To picture mentally; imagine: Can you feature her in that hat?

[Middle English feture, from Old French faiture, from Latin factūra, a working or making, from factus, past participle of facere, to make, do.]

noun

1. The front surface of the head. countenance, face, muzzle, visage. Informal mug. Slang kisser, map, pan, puss. See precede/follow.
2. A distinctive element: attribute, character, characteristic, mark, peculiarity, property, quality, savor, trait. See be.
3. A prominent article in a periodical: lead. Chiefly British leader. See words.

verb

1. To accord emphasis to: accent, accentuate, emphasize, highlight, italicize, play up, point up, stress, underline, underscore. See important/unimportant.
2. To form mental images of: conceive, envisage, envision, fancy, fantasize, image, imagine, picture, see, think, vision, visualize. See thoughts.

v

Definition: give prominence to
Antonyms: disregard, ignore

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1. [common] A good property or behavior (as of a program). Whether it was intended or not is immaterial.

2. [common] An intended property or behavior (as of a program). Whether it is good or not is immaterial (but if bad, it is also a misfeature).

3. A surprising property or behavior; in particular, one that is purposely inconsistent because it works better that way — such an inconsistency is therefore a feature and not a bug. This kind of feature is sometimes called a miswart; see that entry for a classic example.

4. A property or behavior that is gratuitous or unnecessary, though perhaps also impressive or cute. For example, one feature of Common LISP's format function is the ability to print numbers in two different Roman-numeral formats (see bells whistles and gongs).

5. A property or behavior that was put in to help someone else but that happens to be in your way.

6. [common] A bug that has been documented. To call something a feature sometimes means the author of the program did not consider the particular case, and that the program responded in a way that was unexpected but not strictly incorrect. A standard joke is that a bug can be turned into a feature simply by documenting it (then theoretically no one can complain about it because it's in the manual), or even by simply declaring it to be good. “That's not a bug, that's a feature!” is a common catchphrase. See also feetch feetch, creeping featurism, wart, green lightning.

The relationship among bugs, features, misfeatures, warts, and miswarts might be clarified by the following hypothetical exchange between two hackers on an airliner:

A: “This seat doesn't recline.”

B: “That's not a bug, that's a feature. There is an emergency exit door built around the window behind you, and the route has to be kept clear.”

A: “Oh. Then it's a misfeature; they should have increased the spacing between rows here.”

B: “Yes. But if they'd increased spacing in only one section it would have been a wart — they would've had to make nonstandard-length ceiling panels to fit over the displaced seats.”

A: “A miswart, actually. If they increased spacing throughout they'd lose several rows and a chunk out of the profit margin. So unequal spacing would actually be the Right Thing.”

B: “Indeed.”

Undocumented feature is a common, allegedly humorous euphemism for a bug. There's a related joke that is sometimes referred to as the “one-question geek test”. You say to someone “I saw a Volkswagen Beetle today with a vanity license plate that read FEATURE”. If he/she laughs, he/she is a geek.

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In Geographic Information Systems, a geographical entity. A feature serial number is a unique code designating a unique feature; a feature code is an alphanumeric classifying or describing a feature.

IN BRIEF: n. - An article of merchandise that is displayed or advertised more than other articles; The characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin; A prominent aspect of something.

A lake is the landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature — Henry David Thoreau

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - træk, indslag, attraktion, stort opsat artikel
v. tr. - demonstrere, som særlig attraktion, afbilde, præge

idioms:

• feature film    spillefilm

Nederlands (Dutch)
kenmerk, gelaatstrek, iemands voorkomen, gezicht, speciale attractie, hoofdartikel, bepaalde functie (apparaat), als belangrijkste acteurs hebben, belangrijke rol spelen, speciale plaats geven aan, vertonen, lijken op, karakteriseren, zich voorstellen

Français (French)
n. - caractéristique, aspect, côté, accessoire, (Aut) accessoire
v. tr. - représenter, montrer, être équipé de, (US) se figurer

idioms:

• feature film    (Cin) long métrage

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gesichtszug, Merkmal, Hauptfilm
v. - eine wichtige Rolle spielen, in den Vordergrund stellen

idioms:

• feature film    Spielfilm, Hauptfilm

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - χαρακτηριστικό (προσώπου), ιδιομορφία, (χαρακτηριστικό ή ιδιαίτερο) γνώρισμα, κύριο άρθρο ή κείμενο, ταινία μεγάλου μήκους, κύρια ταινία προγράμματος
v. - χαρακτηρίζω, εμφανίζω, αναδεικνύω, προβάλλω κολακευτικά, παρουσιάζω, παίζω σημαντικό ρόλο

idioms:

• feature film    ταινία μεγάλου μήκους, κύρια ταινία προγράμματος

Italiano (Italian)
lineamenti, caratteristiche, caratteristica, lungometraggio

idioms:

• feature film    lungometraggio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - característica (f)
v. - caracterizar

idioms:

• feature film    longa-metragem (m) (Cin.)

Русский (Russian)
черта лица, особенность, признак, свойство, очерк, постоянный раздел, представлять, помещать на видном месте, фигурировать

idioms:

• feature film    основной фильм кинопрограммы

Español (Spanish)
n. - rasgo, figura, característica, película principal, atracción principal
v. tr. - ser una marca distintiva, hacer conspicuo, delinear las características importantes de algo

idioms:

• feature film    película principal

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ansiktsparti, anletsdrag, min, kännetecken, långfilm, specialartikel, dramadokumentär, huvudnummer, speciell attraktion, verkligt fynd
v. - presentera, skissera, föreställa sig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
特征, 特色, 容貌, 是...的特色, 放映, 特写

idioms:

• feature film    正片, 故事片正片, 故事片

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 特徵, 特色, 容貌
v. tr. - 是...的特色, 放映, 特寫

idioms:

• feature film    正片, 故事片正片, 故事片

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (얼굴의 일부분) 눈, 귀, 코, 등, 특징, 지형
v. tr. - ~의 특징을 그리다, ~의 특색을 이루다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 特徴, 特色, 顔の一部, 見もの, 呼び物, 特集記事, 顔立ち
v. - 主演させる, 特集する, 重要な役割を果たす, 特徴づける

idioms:

• feature film    長編特作映画

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ميزة , معلم , هيئه (فعل) يميز , يشكل , يبرز , يظهر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תכונה מיוחדת, תופעה, מאמר, כתבה, סרט-קולנוע, פנים, תווי-פנים‬
v. tr. - ‮הציג, אפיין‬

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