Feature

Noun

 * 1) An important or main item.
 * 2)  A long, prominent, article or item in the media, or the department that creates them; frequently used technically to distinguish content from news.
 * 3) Any of the physical constituents of the face (eyes, nose, etc.).
 * 4)  A beneficial capability of a piece of software.
 * 5) 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.
 * 6)  Something discerned from physical evidence that helps define, identify,  characterize, and interpret an archeological site.
 * 7)  Characteristic forms or shapes of a part. For example, a hole, boss, slot, cut, chamfer, or fillet.
 * 8)  One's structure or make-up; form, shape, bodily proportions.

Verb

 * 1) To ascribe the greatest importance to something within a certain context.
 * 2) To star, to contain.

Adverbs for Feature
exclusively; faultlessly; consistently; animatedly; monotonously; characteristically; classically; conspicuously; disastrously; decorously; distinctively; distortedly; dominatingly; eloquently; graphically; harmoniously; irrationally; legitimately; offensively; picturesquely; piquantly; perennially; specifically; dominantly.

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
From feture:, from  faiture:, from  factura:.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:characteristic

Derived terms

 * featural
 * feature article

Noun

 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * German:, , , ,


 * Italian: caratteristica
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , признак
 * Spanish:


 * Danish:
 * Dutch: hoofdartikel,
 * Finnish: pääjuttu


 * German:, ,
 * Manx: ard-skeeal


 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:, gelaatstrek
 * Finnish: piirre, kasvonpiirre
 * French: (du ; most always  (traits))
 * German: ,


 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian: tratti somatici, connotati, lineamenti
 * Russian: черта лица
 * Spanish:


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: toiminto, toiminnallisuus
 * French: fonctionnalité
 * German:, , , ,


 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, фича slang

Verb

 * Dutch: ,
 * German:, , ,


 * Portuguese: priorizar
 * Turkish: özellik taşımak


 * Dutch: ,
 * German: in der


 * Turkish: baş rôlde oynamak