feature

/ˈfitʃɚ/

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Also a verb

Meaning

  1. A prominent or distinctive aspect, quality, or characteristic of something.

    • The new smartphone's best feature is its exceptional battery life.

  2. A full-length movie, typically the main movie shown at a theater.

    • The theater showed a short documentary before the main feature began.

Collocations

  • key feature
  • safety feature
  • prominent feature
  • feature film
  • double feature
  • creature feature

Synonyms

  • characteristic
  • attribute
  • trait
  • aspect
  • quality

Idioms

  • it's not a bug, it's a feature

    said wryly of a flaw that someone insists was intended

    Whenever the app crashes during testing, the developer jokes that it's not a bug, it's a feature.