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Another word for feature

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Noun

  1. The front surface of the head.

      1. (Old-fashioned) A girl or young woman
      2. A girl or young woman. Often used as a term of endearment.
      3. The face
      1. An open container for washing out gold, tin, etc. from gravel or the like, in mining
      2. (Greek Mythology) The god of woods, fields, and flocks, having a human torso and head with a goat's legs, horns, and ears.
      3. (Slang) A face
      1. A representation, usually on a plane surface, of a region of the earth or heavens.
      2. (Mathematics) The correspondence of elements in one set to elements in the same set or another set.
      3. (Slang) The face
      1. (Slang) The mouth or lips
      2. A person who kisses, esp. one who kisses in a (specified) way
      3. (Slang) Face.
      1. A heavy cylindrical drinking cup usually having a handle.
      2. A mug shot.
      3. (Slang) The face
      1. Appearance; aspect
      2. The face, with reference to the form and proportions of the features or to the expression; countenance
      3. The face or facial expression of a person; countenance.
      1. A device, as of straps, fastened over the mouth of an animal to prevent its biting or eating
      2. A device that is fitted over an animal's snout, often used to prevent biting or eating.
      3. The forward, projecting part of the head of certain animals, such as dogs, including the mouth, nose, and jaws; the snout.
      1. Facial cosmetics:
      2. Effrontery; impudence:
      3. A person's countenance:
    See also:

    precede

  2. A distinctive element

      1. A genetically determined characteristic or condition:
      2. A distinguishing feature, as of a person's character.
      3. A distinguishing quality or characteristic, as of personality
      1. The quality of something that is perceived as taste or smell:
      2. That quality of a thing which acts on the sense of taste or of smell
      3. Characteristic quality; distinctive property
      1. An inherent or distinguishing characteristic; a property:
      2. Those in a high social position:
      3. Superiority of kind:
      1. Any trait or attribute proper to a thing or, formerly, to a person; characteristic quality; peculiarity; specif., any of the principal characteristics of a substance, esp. as determined by the senses or by its effect on another substance
      2. (Logic) A quality common to all members of a species or class
      3. An attribute, characteristic, or quality:
      1. A notable or distinctive feature or characteristic.
      2. The quality or state of being peculiar; individuality; singularity.
      3. The quality or condition of being peculiar
      1. A standard of quality, proficiency, propriety, etc.
      2. A name, logo, or other indicator used to indicate ownership, origin, or level of quality.
      3. A recognized standard of quality:
      1. A feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait.
      2. (Mathematics) The least number of times the multiplicative identity in a ring needs to be added to itself to reach the additive identity, or, if the additive identity is never reached, zero. The integers have a characteristic of zero; the integers modulo 12 have a characteristic of 12.
      3. A distinguishing trait, feature, or quality; peculiarity
      1. A person or animal portrayed with a personality in comics or animation:
      2. A person considered as having a specific quality or attribute:
      3. A distinctive trait, quality, or attribute; characteristic
      1. A quality or characteristic inherent in or ascribed to someone or something.
      2. An object associated with and serving to identify a character, personage, or office:
      3. A characteristic or quality of a person or thing
    See also:

    be

  3. A prominent article in a periodical

      1. A person or thing that leads; directing, commanding, or guiding head, as of a group or activity
      2. One who has influence or power, especially of a political nature.
      3. (Fishing) A short piece of catgut, nylon, etc. used to attach the hook or lure to the fish line
      1. Information pointing toward a possible solution; a clue:
      2. Bullets from or for firearms; shot:
      3. (--- Chiefly British) A flat roof covered with sheets of lead.
    See also:

    words

Verb

  1. To accord emphasis to

    See also:

    important

  2. To form mental images of

    See also:

    thoughts

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Another word for feature

Noun

  1. Anything calculated to attract interest

  2. Special matter published in a newspaper

      1. Photographs
      2. Motion pictures; movies
      3. (Informal) Plural form of pic in the sense of "picture".
      1. Trivial, chatty talk or writing.
      2. Rumor or talk of a personal, sensational, or intimate nature.
      3. A person who habitually spreads intimate or private rumors or facts.
      1. (Journalism, chiefly) A kind of journalism that discusses a person or people in an emotional way so as to arouse interest or sympathy.
      1. The conscious use of the imagination in the production of objects intended to be contemplated or appreciated as beautiful, as in the arrangement of forms, sounds, or words.
      2. A skill that is attained by study, practice, or observation:
      3. Products of this activity; imaginative works considered as a group:
      1. A position, area, or situation that is not immediately in one's attention or notice:
      2. Music (in full background music) or sound effects used as a subordinated accompaniment to dialogue or action, as in movies
      3. The general scene or surface against which designs, patterns, or figures are represented or viewed.
      1. Any of the separate parts or episodes
      2. A literary or dramatic work published or produced in installments.
      3. A novel, story, film, etc. published or presented in serial form
      1. A narrative of this kind
      2. The category of literature, drama, film, or other creative work whose content is imagined and is not necessarily based on fact.
      3. Narrative, explanatory material, or belief that is not true or has been imagined or fabricated:
      1. The writing, composition, or production of biographies:
      2. The histories of individual lives, considered as a branch of literature
      3. An account of a person's life written, composed, or produced by another:
      1. (Journalism) leading article
      2. One who has influence or power, especially of a political nature.
      3. A person or thing that leads; directing, commanding, or guiding head, as of a group or activity
      1. The principal article or, esp. in England, editorial in a newspaper
      1. (Journalism) A human-interest story or article that is not closely tied to a recent news event.
      1. A judgment based on special knowledge and given by an expert:
      2. A judgment or estimation of the merit of a person or thing:
      3. An attorney's formal, usually written statement giving an assessment of how the law should be or is likely to be applied in a particular situation.
      1. An artistic medium consisting of juxtaposed pictorial and other images in deliberate sequence, intended to convey information and/or to produce an aesthetic response in the viewer (also, comix)
      2. Plural form of comic
      3. (US) The page of a newspaper especially devoted to comic strips
      1. A preliminary sketch similar in size to the work, such as a fresco, that is to be copied from it.
      2. A drawing representing current public figures or issues symbolically and often satirically:
      3. A drawing, as in a newspaper, caricaturing or symbolizing, often satirically, some event, situation, or person of topical interest
      1. US spelling of humour.
      2. The quality that makes something laughable or amusing; funniness:
      3. One of the four fluids of the body, blood, phlegm, choler, and black bile, whose relative proportions were thought in ancient and medieval physiology to determine a person's disposition and general health.
      1. A statement of opinion in a newspaper or magazine, or on radio or television, as by an editor, publisher, or owner
      2. An article in a publication giving the opinion of its editors on a given topic or current event.
      3. An article in a publication expressing the opinion of its editors or publishers.
      1. (Anatomy) Any of various tubular or pillarlike supporting structures in the body, each generally having a single tissue origin and function:
      2. (Architecture) A vertical structure usually consisting of a base, a cylindrical shaft, and a capital, used as a support or standing alone as a monument.
      3. A feature article that appears regularly in a publication, such as a newspaper.
      1. An article in a magazine, newspaper, etc.
      2. An object that is one member of a group or class:
      3. A thing considered as a unit or an element of a larger thing, quantity, or class; a portion:
      1. (--- Informal) The pertinent facts or circumstances relating to a particular person, situation, etc., esp. such facts not widely known or not previously revealed
      2. The form of literature represented by such compositions
      3. An account or report regarding the facts of an event or group of events:
      1. An implied conclusion or judgment:
      2. A statement of fact or opinion, especially a remark that expresses a personal reaction or attitude.
      3. A written note intended as an explanation, illustration, or criticism of a passage in a book or other writing; an annotation.
      1. A thing of a certain kind; separate item
      2. An individual thing or element of a class; a particular object or item:
      3. A particular section or item of a series in a written document, as in a contract, constitution, or treaty.

  3. A salient quality

      1. A mark used in Great Britain to stamp gold, silver, and platinum articles that meet established standards of purity.
      2. A conspicuous feature or characteristic:
      3. An official marking made by a trusted party, usually an assay office, on items made of precious metals.
      1. A genetically determined characteristic or condition:
      2. (Archaic) A short line or mark made with a writing or drawing implement.
      3. A distinguishing feature, as of a person's character.
      1. The quality or state of being peculiar; individuality; singularity.
      2. That which is peculiar; a special and distinctive characteristic or habit; particularity.
      3. A notable or distinctive feature or characteristic.
      1. The interval of time immediately before a given occurrence; the verge:
      2. (--- Anthrop.) A stone, piece of flint, etc. worked manually to a sharp point, as for an arrowhead or spearhead
      3. (Linguistics) A vowel point.
    See also:

    characteristic

Verb
      1. To mark with one or more stars as a grade of quality
      2. To mark or set with stars as a decoration
      3. To perform as a star, as in a theatrical production
      1. (Informal) To subject to physiological or mental stress or strain. Often used with out :
      2. To give stress or accent to
      3. (--- Informal) To subject to mental or emotional stress
      1. To make prominent; emphasize:
      2. To designate visually (an icon, a portion of text, etc. on a computer screen) as being selected for some operation
      3. To give a highlight to (the subject of a painting, for example).
    See also:

    emphasize

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Sentence Examples

  • Her favorite feature, her eyes, had always been a pretty shade of turquoise.

  • What do you consider the model's best feature to be?

  • What physical feature does he like best about you?

  • A snowy night closed upon the world, and in the morning one could scarcely recognize a feature of the landscape.

  • His eyes were captivating, by far the most attractive feature in his darkly handsome face.

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