feature1 nounfeature2 verb
featurefea‧ture1 /ˈfiːtʃə $ -ər/ ●●● S2 W1 AWL noun [countable] 
WORD ORIGINfeature1
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French feture ‘shape, form’, from Latin facere ‘to do, make’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Are there any special features about the way Ireland trains its teachers?
- Federalism remains a very important feature of American politics.
- He had a small face with delicate features.
- Her eyes are her best feature.
- Information on employment is a central feature of this training course.
- One of the features of auto-immune diseases is that they are often genetically similar.
- Patriotism was a prominent feature in Bush's election campaign.
- The hotel's most attractive feature is its magnificent view of Mount Hood.
- Despite their apparent diversity, most of these practices have certain features in common.
- In 1946 he sent her to Paris as a feature writer for his many publications.
- Learning about landscape design, you know - using natural features, hills or rivers or whatever - and improving on it.
- On the contrary, features and limbs are perceived in isolation without relation, as fragments rather than as part of a totality.
- Other features include reviews, gardening news and links to assorted gardening magazines.
- That would justify the presence of horses on the frieze, since cavalry competitions were a feature of funerals for heroes.
- We shall also look at certain features of the learning environment of the departments which are of particular interest.
- Window design is also a characteristic feature of Gothic architecture.
THESAURUS
a piece of writing in a newspaper or magazine about a particular subject: · Greg began his career writing articles for the college magazine.· an interesting newspaper article
an article in a newspaper about a recent event, especially one that a lot of people find interesting or exciting: · a front-page story· I read a newspaper story about the crash.· The local paper ran a story (=published a story) about the festival.
a short article in a newspaper or magazine: · I’ve written a couple of pieces for the New York Times magazine.· The piece was first published in the Observer.
a special article about a particular subject, often with photographs and continuing for several pages: · They had a special feature on Croatia.· The paper did a big feature on growing your own food.
an article in a newspaper or magazine about a book, play, product, hotel etc, giving someone’s opinion of it: · The play had rave reviews (=people liked it a lot - an informal use).· Did you see the review of the new Coldplay album?
an article by a particular writer that appears regularly in a newspaper or magazine: · He has a weekly column in the Times.· She writes a newspaper column on gardening.
a piece of writing in a newspaper that gives the personal opinion of the editor about something that is in the news: · Several years ago the New York Times published an editorial stating that the appropriate minimum wage is $0.00.
British English an article that has been cut from a newspaper or magazine: · His mother has kept all his old press cuttings.
something that is typical of someone or something and makes them easy to recognize: · He had several characteristics which made him different to the rest of his family.· the physical characteristics of the brain· He studied the special characteristics of adult speech addressed to children.
a characteristic of a person, especially a good one such as kindness or intelligence: · Tina has a lot of good qualities.· I’m not sure about his leadership qualities.· Obedience is a quality that my father admires.
an important or interesting characteristic of something: · it seems to be a feature of modern society that we tend to judge ourselves by our work above everything else.· A curious feature of the novel is the absence of women.· The building still has many of its original features.
[usually plural] technical a characteristic of a substance or object, for example hardness or elasticity, or how it behaves – used especially in scientific contexts: · We examined the physical properties of various metals.· changes in the electrical properties of cells· Some plants have healing properties.
formal a good or useful characteristic: · I suspected I probably did not quite possess all the attributes required to succeed at the highest level.· All living things are able to reproduce their kind, an attribute which no machine possesses..
good or bad characteristics – used when someone or something has both good and bad characteristics: · The seller will obviously emphasize the car’s good points.· Draw up a list of your partner’s good and bad points.
Longman Language Activatorthe only good feature of something · I can't really play baseball. My one saving grace is that I can pitch.· I hate this house. Its only saving grace is that it's near the centre of town.
the one good quality that something or someone has that saves it from being completely bad, useless, or unacceptable: · The heroine of the novel is cruel and evil, with no redeeming features.· Coal is relatively expensive but its redeeming feature is that it is in plentiful supply.
one part of the character of something a part of the character of something that makes it clearly different from or similar to other things: · One of the characteristics of this species is the dark blue markings on its back.· The main characteristics of capitalism are private ownership of capital and freedom of enterprise.share characteristics/have characteristics in common (=have similar characteristics): · The UK shares many characteristics with other European countries.· The two diseases have a number of characteristics in common.
an important part of the character of something, especially a part that is good: · There are certain qualities in Orwell's prose that I greatly admire.· Despite its many qualities, the school simply isn't getting results.· This wine possesses a unique quality.a quality of: · There is a wonderful quality of innocence in these paintings.
a characteristic that a particular substance or chemical has: · The properties of the soil influence the growth of the plants.· We test the chemical and biological properties of the samples.· The conducting properties of solids vary widely.
an important, noticeable, or interesting characteristic of something: · The hotel's most attractive feature is its magnificent view of Mount Hood.· Patriotism was a prominent feature in Bush's election campaign.a feature of: · Information on employment is a central feature of this training course.
a characteristic of an organization or system, especially a good characteristic: · He possesses the essential attributes of a journalist.· She spent most of the interview describing the company's attributes to me.
informal a characteristic of something, especially one that you like or dislike: · The thing that I really hate about this job is having to work late at night.· All that lovely fresh air -- that's the best thing about living in the country.
the good or bad things about a place or thing: · The city is big and noisy, but it does have its good points too.
you say this when there's something about a thing, a place, someone's behaviour etc that you like or dislike, but you're not sure exactly what it is: · There's something very strange about this whole affair.· There was something about the place that gave me the creeps.
a fact or quality that makes someone or something different a detail, fact, or quality that makes one person or thing different from another: · We should think about the similarities between cultures, not the differences.difference between: · Try and spot the differences between these two pictures.· The difference between the two cheeses is that one is made from goat's milk.difference in: · I don't think there's any difference in the way you pronounce these two words.know the difference: · He's speaking Italian, not Spanish. Don't you know the difference?
a clear, but usually small, difference between similar things: · Pablo insists that he is Basque, not Spanish - an important distinction.distinction between: · There is a clear distinction between lawful protest and illegal strike action.
a feature of a particular person or thing that makes them look different from other similar people or things: · The distinguishing feature of the African elephant is the size of its ears.· The melodies of most composers have distinguishing characteristics which make them instantly identifiable.
something that stops someone or something from being completely bad something, often the only thing, that makes someone or something not completely bad: · Her only saving grace is her sense of humour.· None of the characters in her novels have any redeeming features.· The accommodation - dirty and freezing cold - had one redeeming feature. It was cheap.
part of a situation/subject/someone's character one of the many parts of a situation or subject, which can each be considered separately: · The inspectors will examine health and safety aspects at the plant.aspect of: · Chris is dealing with the commercial aspects of this ambitious project.· The country was on the brink of war, and fear and uncertainty permeated every aspect of daily life.
one part of a situation or someone's character - use this especially when you are comparing one part with another: · Weiskopf was a talented and successful man, but he did have a cruel side.side of: · I'd like to move away from the theory now, to concentrate on the practical side of engineering.the negative/positive/lighter/funny side: · You are enthusiastic, but on the negative side, you can be impatient and critical.· Try to see the funny side of the situation.· the lighter side of the conference, as seen by our political cartoonist
a part of a situation that makes you look at the situation in a particular way: · The arrival of the South African team has brought a new dimension to the competition.dimension of: · The political dimensions of the incident are clear.· a revival of interest in the spiritual and moral dimensions of lifethe human dimension (=making you think of people's feelings, rather than things): · The new art gallery is impressive, but I felt the human dimension had been lost.
one of the parts or features of a situation, each of which has a different effect or importance: · There are one or two factors we haven't considered yet.· The issue of abortion rights is obviously not the only factor affecting the female vote.· Traders said several factors contributed to Nasdaq's weakness.factor in: · The most important factor in professional sport is psychology.· His formal education was a less significant factor in his upbringing than practical experience.
one of the separate parts of something such as a person's character, a system or process, or a piece of writing: · The planning proposals have three main elements.element of: · There's always been an element of competition between me and my brother.element in: · Instead of a single plot, there are several elements in the story.· We've reached the stage where public image is the most important element in the Presidency.key element (=most important element): · I see helping the community as one of the key elements of my work.
a part of something that is different in some way from the rest of it: · Are there any special features about the way Ireland trains its teachers?feature of: · Federalism remains a very important feature of American politics.· One of the features of auto-immune diseases is that they are often genetically similar.
WORD SETSanimation, nounanimator, nounart director, nounart house, nounarts cinema, nounbiopic, nounblue movie, nounB-movie, nouncameo, nouncameraman, nouncartoon, nouncine-, adjectivecine-camera, nouncine-film, nouncinema, nouncinematic, adjectivecinematography, nounclip, nouncontinuity, nouncut, nouncutting room, noundirection, noundouble, noundouble bill, noundouble feature, nounepilogue, nounextra, nounfantasy, nounfarce, nounfeature, nounfeature film, nounfilm star, nounfilmstrip, nounflashback, nounflick, nounfootage, nounfreeze-frame, noungaffer, nounHollywood, home movie, nounhorror movie, nounimage, nounimagery, nounlip-synch, verblocation, nounlot, nounmatinée, nounmiscast, verbmotion picture, nounmovie, nounmoviegoer, nounmovie star, nounmovie theater, nounmoving picture, nounmultiplex, nounmusical, nounnarrator, nounnewsreel, nounoff-screen, adverbopening night, nounOscar, nounout-take, nounPG, nounpremiere, nounproject, verbprojection, nounprojectionist, nounprojector, nounprop, nounrating, nounreel, nounrelease, verbremake, nounremake, verbre-release, verbrerun, nounretake, nounrole, nounscreen, nounscreen, verbscreening, nounscreenplay, nounscreen test, nounscreenwriter, nounscriptwriter, nounset, nounshort, nounshot, nounshow, verbsilent, adjectiveslow motion, nounsoundtrack, nounspaghetti western, nounsplicer, nounsplit screen, nounstand-in, nounstill, nounstudio, nounstunt man, nounstunt woman, nountalkie, nountearjerker, nounTechnicolor, nountheatre, nountheme, noun3-D, adjectivetop-grossing, adjectivetrailer, nountravelogue, nounturkey, nounwestern, nounwhodunit, nounX, nounX-certificate, adjectiveX-rated, adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYADJECTIVES/NOUN + feature
his chiselled good looks her delicate features The main distinguishing feature of this species is the leaf shape. Her dark hair accentuates her fine features (=nose, eyes, cheeks etc). A notable feature of the church is its unusual bell tower. The kitchen still has many original features (=parts that were there when the house was first built). He’s very handsome, with strong regular features (=an evenly shaped face). stylistic features of the storyCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· Pine trees are a common feature of the Swedish landscape.
(=an unusual or interesting feature)· Her long blonde hair is her most striking feature.
(=one that makes something different from others of the same type)· A long beak is one of the bird’s distinguishing features.
(=a feature which only one thing has)· A unique feature of this guitar is its shape.
· The church’s most unusual feature is this window.
(=a normal or usual feature)· Airbags are now a standard feature on most cars.
(=one that happens often or a lot)· Delays and cancellations are a regular feature of air travel.
(=one that happens again and again)· Humour is a recurring feature of her novels.
· The final-year project is an important feature of all undergraduate courses.
(=one that has an important effect)· Bad weather was a significant feature in the accident.
(=an important feature)· Cultural diversity is a central feature of modern British society.
(=a very important or necessary feature)· Private ownership is a key feature of capitalism.
· The main feature of the square is the Gothic cathedral.
· The house had many attractive features, notably the large garden.
(=a detail of the way something has been designed)· The building incorporates many interesting design features.
· The car has more safety features than its rivals in the same price range.
(=one that makes something acceptable)· The hotel’s only redeeming feature was its view of the bay
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (=one about a particular subject)· I wrote a few feature articles on sporting events.
· Cultural diversity is a central feature of modern British society.
his chiselled good looks her delicate features (=something interesting or attractive that is part of the design)· The aircraft has some novel design features.
The main distinguishing feature of this species is the leaf shape.· A free press is an essential feature of a democracy.
· The film starred Brad Pitt.
(=a full-length film shown in the cinema)· Shane Meadows’ first feature film was 'Twenty Four Seven'.
Her dark hair accentuates her fine features (=nose, eyes, cheeks etc). (=a very important part)· Advertising is a key element in the success of a product.
· a movie starring Will Smith
A notable feature of the church is its unusual bell tower. The kitchen still has many original features (=parts that were there when the house was first built). (=the one good thing about an unpleasant person or thing) The hotel had a single redeeming feature – it was cheap.
The hotel had a single redeeming feature – it was cheap. He’s very handsome, with strong regular features (=an evenly shaped face). stylistic features of the story· An additional attractive feature for savers was the fact that societies did not normally levy transactions charges on accounts.· Yet market buildings, even when they are quite plain, are usually attractive features of a town.· It is a very attractive feature and has only been known to dry up once in the summer of 1826.· It is the autonomous nature of sole trading which is an attractive feature of this form of business enterprise.· Provided the room is big enough, room divider doors are a practical solution and can be an attractive feature.· She was sixteen-years-old but with her slim, petite figure and attractive features she could have passed for twenty.· The generality and flexibility of such a procedure are a very attractive feature of the technology.· Which features may tourists find attractive?
· Hospital care remained a central feature of provision but its role was changed.· A central feature is the attempt to elicit the degree of identification of a community.· One of the central features of the company is that it separates out the functions of ownership and management.· Indeed, in large measures, that could be identified as a central feature of Mr Major's ministerial career.· Other factors, such as access via doorways or accommodation of central features, also had to be taken into account.· Some central features of narrative construction were studied, including the gradual embellishment of stories and their emotional content.· The development of self-presentation, self-advocacy and of self-directed learning should all be central features of this phase of education.· This is a central feature of the employers' view.
· Component subskills in reading and spelling A characteristic feature of any skill is a hierarchical organisation of component subskills.· These are the characteristic features of a Gender Identity Disorder of Childhood as seen in a male.· Window design is also a characteristic feature of Gothic architecture.· Though these problems are a characteristic feature of modern life, they have been with us for a very long time.· The use of alternative names is a characteristic feature of Near Eastern writing.· These small crystals are known as phenocrysts and are one of the most characteristic features of andesites.· The characteristic feature of Brindley's canals was their winding routes, following contours as far as possible without involving major earthworks.· Under the Bretton Woods arrangements government intervention at predetermined levels, or parities, was the characteristic feature of the system.
· Yoshitaka introduced new elements to the art, until gradually the art lost some of its distinctive Okinawan features.· The desk lamp with an emerald-green shade and small prints of Degas' dancers were the only distinctive features of the room.· In distinctive feature analysis the features themselves thus become important components of the phonology.· The consequent leverage is the most distinctive feature of our financial era.· But the most distinctive feature is the fertilizer plant.· This distinctive feature may have been retained to convince a money-conscious Council that they were rebuilds rather than new cars!· Ideally, of course, each type of music should he noted down according to a method that reflects its distinctive features.· Others have sought to generate criteria by which to assess the distinctive features of a political culture.
· By analysing simple situations, with essential features in common, we can gain insight into the behaviour of these complicated beams.· It is an essential feature of the whole process of inner development, as already intimated.· At the heart of the difficulty of delineating clearly the essential features of the Constitution is its ever-changing nature.· S summarizes the essential features of the time dependences incorporated into the study.· Basically, though, the essential features of the political system were those established in the preceding century.· He becomes one of the essential features of a good detective story-a victim whose death readers do not mourn.· Their essential feature is that they misdirect the enemy's attack, so that it fails to damage any vital organs.· First, the essential feature of the Prague School definition of structure is its totality.
· Rather, some of its important features relevant to our analysis of science will be illustrated by means of trivial examples.· Almost everyone who has done this finds the same important feature.· An important feature of McGregor's approach is that it shows how management assumptions are important in determining motivation and morale.· This kind of superposition of states is a general-and important-feature of quantum mechanics, referred to as quantum linear superposition.· But perhaps the most important feature which makes communication possible across different sign languages is the shared culture of deaf people.· But another important feature of his theory is its reliance on a particular set of metaphors for understanding the natural world.· Introduction CROSS-BORDER portfolio investment has become an increasingly important feature of global capital markets.· An important feature of this research is that it is carried out in a politically charged atmosphere.
· A particularly interesting feature of the trestle piers was the method used for founding them on irregular river beds.· Their conversation had one interesting phonetic feature.· The least one expects to find is a well-appointed house with interesting decorative features.· The work unearthed several interesting features.· These included some engineering schemes such as bridges and tunnels, but the most interesting feature was undoubtedly the hierarchy of networks.· An interesting feature of the rural economy is the way in which these sectoral employment changes are interlinked.· An interesting feature of the transition process is vortex pairing, seen in Fig. 18.10.· An interesting feature of the church is the array of gilded heads high up on the walls of the nave.
· This latter award reminds me of a key feature of being the best and that is teamwork.· The key feature of many of the newly discovered caves is their relative inaccessibility.· Chapter 35 outlined the key features of marketing research.· Research Areas Learning constitutes one of the key features of a neural network.· There are some registry subsystems that contain key features of expert systems.· A key feature of his appeal was a strong indication that the Deutschmark and Ostmark could be changed at 1: 1.· Indeed, one of the key features of the Nottinghamshire initiative was that it occurred in somewhat of a policy vacuum.· The key feature of the methodology is the use of comparisons of related texts to reveal sociologically significant textual features.
· The system of management by a Trustee was the main feature of the bill.· Look along the sections of the tables and match the main features of the case with the features of the remedies.· Since this type of parser is well documented, I will simply outline its main features.· The first main feature we had ever seen.· Explain the main features of project finance.· The main unknown feature is the nature of the investor base.· The main maser features may have originated from the slowly rotating disk or from the outflow gas near the galactic nucleus.
· Most agronomists consider take-all to be the chief suspect, but on this site it wasn't a major feature.· The cavalier dismissal of a major design feature of the building can not have been easy to accept.· Privatization of public corporations has become a major feature of Conservative policy.· The major features of each of the schemes are summarised in Figure 7.6.· The major features only are described here: 1.· Those beautiful mission buildings are still a major feature of Texas architectural history.· Some of the major new features include TrueType, which can create type of varying sizes without any jagged edges.· In Britain, rock art was a major feature, consisting frequently of cup-and-ring marks.
· Other new features in this version are automatic envelope printing, and an easier route to mail merge, called Smart Merge.· Indeed, the new Navigator comes with many new features.· A new feature provides system administration from all Co-operation domains, whether local or remote, to facilitate large installation.· Although Netscape is a ahead of Microsoft in adding new features to the browser, Microsoft is pushing to catch up.· Industry regulators proposed giving this information greater prominence and adding new features.· When it finally is released, the new Windows will sport some cool new features.· Some of the new features are really rather special.· Netscape is betting that the impressive new features of Navigator Version 2 will preserve their position as a leading Internet software company.
· Its most notable feature is the sturdy triangular gatehouse.· In the harsh light, its most notable feature is a small metal grate over a drain in the very center.· One notable feature of the gold standard was that it allowed automatic adjustment to take place via changes in expenditure and output.· One of the most notable features of this mosaic is its. variable quality of draughtsmanship and execution.· One of the notable features is that executive search consultants are a good deal younger than previously.· The only other notable feature is the pronounced crest which gives the bird its name.· There were two notable features of the museum community's response to this ongoing crisis, at least as manifested at the convention.· A notable feature of the temple was the unobtrusiveness of its entrances.
· That also has been restored, with modern climatic control, lighting and rewiring, but with its original decorative features.· Built in 1806 with lots of original features set in pleasant surroundings, guest lounge with open coal fire.· All of these factors may be detrimental to original interior features.· Inside, several original features remain, including the stained glass windows, oak and rosewood panelling, and parquet flooring.· This is a massive departure for the Kings Of Simulation, and has many original features.· Of the cathedral's original features, the splendid choir is the most striking.· Today, it is a warm and friendly hotel where original features add character and style.
· A dominant characteristic of the location-factor school is its focus on the particular features of areas in order to explain their relative fortunes.· Especially in large urban areas, a particular linguistic feature of a regional dialect might well be influenced by social factors.· No, there wasn't any particular feature to account for it, she decided irritably.· The expansion of white-collar unionism was a particular feature of the most recent phase.· Two particular features of the system of office-holding may have eroded royal control.· If you have query about information mentioned in a particular feature ask the person who wrote.· It may well be that the better education of orphan girls was a particular feature of the experiment.· Again highlighting drawings, as in the Petersen field guides draws attention to particular features which should be present.
· The same is true where harmonic colour is to be a prominent feature of the music.· This gap is one of the most prominent features on the political landscape at the dawn of 1996.· Rhythmic pulse can be a very prominent and essential feature of the music.· Renal magnesium wasting is a prominent feature.· Transnational migration, by no means a novel phenomenon, is also a prominent feature of many communities.· Moreover, a prominent feature in the gel retardation experiments is the presence of a smear between the two well-defined bands.· Revision and recycling is a prominent feature of the course, pulling together all strands of students' learning to date.· At around 40 pence per portion, they are a prominent feature on any chip shop menu.
· The coffee morning is to be a regular feature and will be held at Harewood House every second Saturday in the month.· This is the first time we've had a regular monthly feature in the magazine just for Silver electronics.· These fine, regular features do not come from me.· More attention has been paid to lesbians and gay men in regular feature slots.· Storytime is a regular feature in the school timetable, and stories about the past can slot naturally into this framework.
· Similarly on the syntactic level, individual features are likely to have a less significant effect than features in combination.· The contrast may itself be a significant feature of the overall pattern.· In itself this is not a particularly distinctive or particularly significant feature.· A falling savings ratio and rapidly rising consumer expenditure were certainly significant features of the second half of the 1980s.· It may well have significant features of more than one language.· Two distinct mechanisms are responsible for their development into significant morphological features.· Internally, the only significant architectural feature was the two-storey entrance hall, and this is to be retained.
· They have a special hook feature for hanging in the shower.· And a hook to entice reporters to produce special features about the author would be helpful.· A special feature is a cantilevered bay window which is designed to create more space and to give plenty of natural light.· The special feature of chirp radar is that it does not have a fixed carrier frequency during each shriek.· Salt ways present no special features that distinguish them from other roads and lanes on the map or on the ground.· The diagram shows the special features of the Algae Buster.· Future prospects. 17. Special features, if any.· A special feature of the boat is the extensive galley which rivals most domestic kitchens.
· And indeed, it is the potential complementarity of the views that is their most striking feature.· Its only striking feature was a large, predatory mouth, like the front-end grille on a cheap flash motor.· The multi-level hipped and gabled roof forms one of the project's most striking features.· Its height is the striking feature and this is emphasised by the spire.· The most striking feature about the Treaty of Rome, however, was the speed with which it had been reached.· Often the only striking feature of such a representation is the very erratic behaviour of the observations in relation to time.· The most striking feature of the Labour candidate list is the rise of the professional politicians.· The most striking feature of the diagram is its complexity; and yet Figure 1.2 is vastly oversimplified.
· She liked a man to have strong features.· Here religion is the strongest feature of civilizations, at the heart of both their present and their past.· As with most pre-retirement education, individual financial counselling is a strong feature of the retirement holiday weeks.· I think Janir resembles her more, with his dark skin, curly hair and strong features.· For what seemed an age, she studied his features, strong lean features which she had come to know so well.· Eyes closed, his strong features were peaceful in repose.
· An unique feature of our Parish life is perpetual exposition of the Blessed Sacrament.· One useful, if imperfect, measure of luxury in a car is the number of unique features it has.· The unique feature of ergonomics is its emphasis on the characteristics of human operators and their relevance to the design of work.· Our voice-mail program has a unique feature that we recommend.· A unique feature of the Video Guide is that it offers alternative lesson plans.· Another unique feature of this story is the duplication of stepmothers.· The unique features for elemental analysis are the direct monitoring of surface hydrogen and the extreme sensitivity to the outermost atomic layers.· This ability was sharpened by these players' meetings, which were a unique feature of football at this time.
NOUN· The book also looks at costings, materials, design features plus the legal and financial angles of building your own home.· And this particular design feature led to a major problem that no one had really anticipated.· To be sure, designers on one side may pirate good ideas, may imitate design features, from the other side.· The cavalier dismissal of a major design feature of the building can not have been easy to accept.· Are we looking for sincerity, value for money, and good design features?· The facility incorporates many interesting design features.· One design feature I did like was incorporating the heater in the filter compartment.· To do this they work together with the other design features of a funboard.
· Shorts are the firmly established way in which the feature film-makers of the future are spotted and developed.· We want to make the first feature film with a laugh track.· Fiona Fullerton, then only fifteen and in her third feature film, played Alice.· A high-profile Hollywood feature film now runs about $ 50 million to produce.· Recollect the feature films of the living desert, the vanishing prairie, the rams butting heads and salmon swimming upstream?· The early feature films took up society as the situation required.· The first star of a Steven Spielberg feature film may not be a name you recognize.
VERB· Developing management Management development should be an obsession Most outstanding companies can be distinguished by one particular feature.· This causes a complete north-south ambiguity of the map: there is no way to distinguish northern from southern features.· Wealth during industrialisation was no longer adequate as a distinguishing feature of social class.· You know, to put on my passport where it says any scars or distinguishing features.· In other words, they take part in the endless circulation of images that is a distinguishing feature of postmodernism.· It is a distinguished feature in an undistinguished landscape; a building or place of outstanding historic, aesthetic or cultural importance.· It is important to distinguish such erosional features from true tectonic scarps since only the latter indicate recent or current fault activity.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1a part of something that you notice because it seems important, interesting, or typical: - All the energy and excitement in this live-action remake of the much-loved Disney animated film went into merchandizing and marketing.
- Application Discuss animated cartoons with your students.
- Beauty and the Beast was the first animated film ever nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.
- Give them the following information: Every time you see an animated cartoon you are seeing a series of pictures.
- The two animated films are the No. 1 and No. 2 top-selling movie videos of all time.
- There is a large selection of animated cartoons produced for children.
- He held out his hand to his junior master and composed his face into a solemn expression of trust.
- I compose my face into a smile.
- I tried to compose my features into a combination of nonchalance and justification.
- They had composed their faces, but their eyes sparkled and their mouths yearned to smile.
- When asked a question do not rush at your answer but give yourself a second or two to compose your thoughts.
- He finds a woman in black lace, with piercing eyes and a mobile face.
- I finally found Martin Clunes, the most mobile mouth in show business, lurking behind a large moustache.
- They did not show emotions as plainly as more mobile faces did.
- Beneath the strong nose was a dark moustache, thin and slicked down, which gave him a Latin look.
- Eyes closed, his strong features were peaceful in repose.
- He had a large square head, strong features, the worried look of a rustic crossing streets in the capital.
- I think Janir resembles her more, with his dark skin, curly hair and strong features.
- It actually detracts from one of email's strongest features-simplicity.
- She gets my goat sometimes with her long, strong nose and her self-assertion.
- She liked a man to have strong features.
- Sunlight reflected from the snow outside flashed off his rimless pince-nez perched on the bridge of his strong nose.
Air bags are a standard feature in most new cars.feature of An important feature of Van Gogh’s paintings is their bright colours. Striped tails are a common feature of many animals. The hotel’s only redeeming features (=things that make it acceptable) were that it was cheap and near the city centre.main/important/significant etc feature The most distinctive feature of the dinosaurs was their size. One of the distinguishing features (=features that are different from other things of the same sort) of modern banking is its dependence on computers.2a piece of writing about a subject in a newspaper or a magazine, or a special report on television or on the radiofeature on a feature on holidaying with your dog3[usually plural] a part of someone’s face, such as their eyes, nose etc: He had fine delicate features. Her eyes were her best feature.4a part of the land, especially a part that you can see: Hedges are an important feature of the landscape in Britain.5a film being shown at a cinema: There were a couple of short cartoons before the main feature.double feature (=when two films are shown together)COLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + featurea common feature· Pine trees are a common feature of the Swedish landscape.a striking feature (=an unusual or interesting feature)· Her long blonde hair is her most striking feature.a distinguishing feature (=one that makes something different from others of the same type)· A long beak is one of the bird’s distinguishing features.a unique feature (=a feature which only one thing has)· A unique feature of this guitar is its shape.an unusual feature· The church’s most unusual feature is this window.a standard feature (=a normal or usual feature)· Airbags are now a standard feature on most cars.a regular feature (=one that happens often or a lot)· Delays and cancellations are a regular feature of air travel.a recurring feature (=one that happens again and again)· Humour is a recurring feature of her novels.an important feature· The final-year project is an important feature of all undergraduate courses.a significant feature (=one that has an important effect)· Bad weather was a significant feature in the accident.a central feature (=an important feature)· Cultural diversity is a central feature of modern British society.a key feature (=a very important or necessary feature)· Private ownership is a key feature of capitalism.the main feature· The main feature of the square is the Gothic cathedral.an attractive feature· The house had many attractive features, notably the large garden.a design feature (=a detail of the way something has been designed)· The building incorporates many interesting design features.a safety feature· The car has more safety features than its rivals in the same price range.a redeeming feature (=one that makes something acceptable)· The hotel’s only redeeming feature was its view of the bayfeature1 nounfeature2 verb
featurefeature2 ●●○ W3 AWL verb VERB TABLE
feature
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | feature |
| he, she, it | features | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | featured |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have featured |
| he, she, it | has featured | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had featured |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will feature |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have featured |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am featuring |
| he, she, it | is featuring | |
| you, we, they | are featuring | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was featuring |
| you, we, they | were featuring | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been featuring |
| he, she, it | has been featuring | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been featuring |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be featuring |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been featuring |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Opera San Jose will feature operas by Puccini and Verdi this spring.
- Sales have gone up for items featured on money-off coupons.
- The cordless telephone featured 900-megahertz circuitry.
- The original 'Star Trek' series, featuring William Shatner as Capt. Kirk and Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock, lasted three years.
- The play features two young actresses.
- Wilson's first solo album features her version of "Love Child."
- For a woman to be in Playboy is the same as a guy being featured in Success magazine.
- Imaginative menu featuring an international range of dishes.
- Other facilities include two swimming pools and nightly entertainment featuring steel bands, limbo dancing and calypso music.
- The afternoon will feature three stakes and a closely watched maiden race.
- The books feature various babies getting up to all sorts of tricks in different situations.
- The pub has been featured in an episode of Central Television's beer-loving detective Inspector Morse.
- To catch up, Smith designed drill bits featuring synthetic diamonds with curved surfaces, rather than more conventional flat versions.
Longman Language Activatorwhen a play, film etc has a particular actor in it
if an actor stars in a play or film, he or she is one of the most important actors in it; if a play or film stars an actor, he or she plays one of the most important characters in it: · The film stars Patricia Arquette and is directed by Steven Brill.· Director Jane Campion's latest film, which stars Kate Winslet and Harvey Keitel, was one of the highlights of the New York Film Festival.star in: · Danny Aiello stars in this comedy about New York's first big lottery winner. · Hollywood heart-throb Keanu Reeves is set to star in a true story based on a newspaper article from the Times.
if two or more actors co-star in a play or film, they are equally important actors in it; if a play or film co-stars two or more people, they play the most important characters in it : · The movie co-stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Elle Macpherson and Ben Stiller.co-star in: · Annette Bening co-starred in movies such as 'Valmont', 'Postcards from the Edge' and 'Regarding Henry'.
to act the most important part in a play or film: · Calloway played the lead in the New Federal Theater's production of 'The Louis Armstrong Story'.· He got an unexpected chance to play the lead after the film's original star fell ill.
to act in a film or play, especially as one of the most important actors: · More than 60 youngsters will perform in the play at Old Town Theater in Los Gatos.· Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh appeared together in 'Gone with the Wind'.
if a play or film features an actor, they are in it: · The play features two young actresses.· The original 'Star Trek' series, featuring William Shatner as Capt. Kirk and Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock, lasted three years.
used when saying who is in a play, film etc: · Have you seen 'The Sixth Sense' with Bruce Willis?· Dawson is now producing a stage version of the story with a cast of young actors from New York.
if someone is in a play or film as a particular character, they act the part of that character: · Clint Eastwood was excellent as the strong, silent hero in his many westerns.· Paul McGann will star as a middle-class Jewish lawyer in a new BBC drama called 'Fish'.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Violence seems to feature heavily in all of his books.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES his chiselled good looks her delicate features The main distinguishing feature of this species is the leaf shape. Her dark hair accentuates her fine features (=nose, eyes, cheeks etc). A notable feature of the church is its unusual bell tower. The kitchen still has many original features (=parts that were there when the house was first built). He’s very handsome, with strong regular features (=an evenly shaped face). stylistic features of the storyCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
Violence seems to feature heavily in all of his books. (=one about a particular subject)· I wrote a few feature articles on sporting events.
· Cultural diversity is a central feature of modern British society.
his chiselled good looks her delicate features (=something interesting or attractive that is part of the design)· The aircraft has some novel design features.
The main distinguishing feature of this species is the leaf shape.· A free press is an essential feature of a democracy.
· The film starred Brad Pitt.
(=a full-length film shown in the cinema)· Shane Meadows’ first feature film was 'Twenty Four Seven'.
Her dark hair accentuates her fine features (=nose, eyes, cheeks etc). (=a very important part)· Advertising is a key element in the success of a product.
· a movie starring Will Smith
A notable feature of the church is its unusual bell tower. The kitchen still has many original features (=parts that were there when the house was first built). (=the one good thing about an unpleasant person or thing) The hotel had a single redeeming feature – it was cheap.
The hotel had a single redeeming feature – it was cheap. He’s very handsome, with strong regular features (=an evenly shaped face). stylistic features of the story· The Haringey Lesbian and Gay Unit was established weeks before the 1986 council elections, and it featured prominently in the campaign.· But men do not feature prominently as family members acting in their familial role.· The show was dominated by painting with issued-based and figurative work featuring prominently.· The resort, best left unnamed, was featured prominently in a recent national travel magazine.· This always included milk and green bananas, though the latter do not feature prominently on a wild orang's menu.· Its name will feature prominently on the 1993-95 Lotus cars' back wing as well as the drivers' racing suits.· Teachers featured prominently in the list, along with school cooks and caretakers.· The content and format of the checklist will usually feature prominently in the proceedings.
· Indeed they should feature strongly in any retirement counselling programme.· Buy-outs from receivership featured strongly during the year, while buy-ins from receivership fell.· Posters and photographs featured strongly in the catalogue and the general mixture was much the same as that in the other sales.· Pet hates and favourite amusements will feature strongly.· Housing, public health and education featured strongly.· The module will be undertaken on a group basis and self and peer assessment will feature strongly.
NOUN· March 2-April 1: Uncommercial Art by Commercial Artists, a group exhibit featuring seven major contemporary artists.
· It features the character, Gregory, and you in a talent show.· Of 139 television series examined, only 18 featured a continuing Hispanic character, the study found.· This is the Old South that featured everyone's favorite character, the fugitive from a chain gang.
· The press, in particular, printed sensational reports of the happenings at cinemas and concerts featuring rock and roll films and music.· Its summer concerts, featuring such stars as Harry Belafonte and Boz Scaggs, draw crowds.· What the future entails is some very contemporary music slipped into concerts featuring lovable old favorites.· The concert featured two new ear-opening works.· The orchestra's fifth classic concert features the works of Rossini, Rorem and Brahms.
· The day will include a fashion show and the exhibition will feature everything for the machine knitter.· Performance will be followed by a tango exhibition featuring Mara Luna y El Brujo, with dancing in the courtyard afterwards.· Harrogate 89 was the largest and most comprehensive exhibition ever, featuring more than 260 exhibitors from 14 countries.· The Craftworks gallery in Belfast's Linenhall Street is currently staging an exhibition featuring products geared towards children.
· Imaginative menu featuring an international range of dishes.· Best of all, Happy Hour includes an almost unbelievable bar menu featuring specials for $ 1.95 and $ 4.95 per item.· This national chain's menu features a variety of deli sandwiches and salads at very affordable prices.· The menu featured home-baked bread and sole.
· Fitness programs feature water aerobics, self-defense techniques and strength training.· That program features not only various process improvement techniques but also a fundamental change in the way Boeing is organized.· But the programs featured a variety of themes and methods and were not consistent in advocating abstinence as the central message.· The program also features a neat video clip of Norman introducing the game and wishing players good luck.
· The series also features a performance by an expanded string ensemble of Brahms' Sextet in B flat.· Jance's series features a sheriff named Joanna Brady, who works in southeastern Arizona.
· The rest of the 230 acre site will continue to feature a wide variety of displays.· The new site will have features like games to win coupons, an interactive cookbook and more than 400 recipes.· The site features several large retailers, including Gottschalks Inc., a California based department store chain.· They can track how often you visit their site and what features you like best.· The memorial at the bomb site featured mournful bagpipes played Amazing Grace after Marine Capt.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1[intransitive, transitive] to include or show something as a special or important part of something, or to be included as an important part: - All the energy and excitement in this live-action remake of the much-loved Disney animated film went into merchandizing and marketing.
- Application Discuss animated cartoons with your students.
- Beauty and the Beast was the first animated film ever nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.
- Give them the following information: Every time you see an animated cartoon you are seeing a series of pictures.
- The two animated films are the No. 1 and No. 2 top-selling movie videos of all time.
- There is a large selection of animated cartoons produced for children.
- He held out his hand to his junior master and composed his face into a solemn expression of trust.
- I compose my face into a smile.
- I tried to compose my features into a combination of nonchalance and justification.
- They had composed their faces, but their eyes sparkled and their mouths yearned to smile.
- When asked a question do not rush at your answer but give yourself a second or two to compose your thoughts.
- He finds a woman in black lace, with piercing eyes and a mobile face.
- I finally found Martin Clunes, the most mobile mouth in show business, lurking behind a large moustache.
- They did not show emotions as plainly as more mobile faces did.
- Beneath the strong nose was a dark moustache, thin and slicked down, which gave him a Latin look.
- Eyes closed, his strong features were peaceful in repose.
- He had a large square head, strong features, the worried look of a rustic crossing streets in the capital.
- I think Janir resembles her more, with his dark skin, curly hair and strong features.
- It actually detracts from one of email's strongest features-simplicity.
- She gets my goat sometimes with her long, strong nose and her self-assertion.
- She liked a man to have strong features.
- Sunlight reflected from the snow outside flashed off his rimless pince-nez perched on the bridge of his strong nose.
The exhibition features paintings by Picasso. a cruise ship featuring extensive spa facilitiesfeature in A study of language should feature in an English literature course.be featured in something Pupils visited some of the websites featured in the article.feature prominently/strongly/heavily etc Violence seems to feature heavily in all of his books.feature somebody as something The film featured Brando as the Godfather.2[transitive] to show a film, play etc: The Retro Theatre is featuring films by Frank Capra this week.