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1. Meaning 1 · noun

   One's structure or make-up: form, shape, bodily proportions.

2. Meaning 2 · noun

   An important or main item.

3. Meaning 3 · noun

   A long, prominent article or item in the media, or the department that creates them; frequently used technically to distinguish content from news.

4. Meaning 4 · noun

   Any of the physical constituents of the face (eyes, nose, etc.).

5. Meaning 5 · noun

   A beneficial capability of a piece of software.

6. Meaning 6 · 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.

   “one of the features of the landscape”

7. Meaning 7 · noun

   Something discerned from physical evidence that helps define, identify, characterize, and interpret an archeological site.

8. Meaning 8 · noun

   Characteristic forms or shapes of parts. For example, a hole, boss, slot, cut, chamfer, or fillet.

9. Meaning 9 · noun

   (machine learning) An individual measurable property or characteristic of a phenomenon being observed.

10. Meaning 10 · noun

    The act of being featured in a piece of music.

11. Meaning 11 · noun

    The elements into which linguistic units can be broken down.

12. Meaning 12 · verb

    To ascribe the greatest importance to something within a certain context.

13. Meaning 13 · verb

    To star, to contain.

14. Meaning 14 · verb

    To appear, to make an appearance.

15. Meaning 15 · verb

    To have features resembling.

How this word is used

• Everyday “one of the features of the landscape”
• Academic “In academic writing, “feature” can carry a precise technical sense.”
• Business “In business contexts, “feature” should be used only when the meaning is unambiguous.”

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