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verb

Definition of featurenext
1
as in to highlight
to indicate the importance of by centering attention on a restaurant featuring an extensive list of American wines to complement its creative American cuisine

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2
as in to imagine
to form a mental picture of I can't feature that guy wearing anything other than his usual jeans and T-shirt

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feature

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noun

ˈfē-chər How to pronounce feature (audio)
as in characteristic
something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind perhaps the most striking feature of that house is the way it was constructed to fit into its hillside site

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Recent Examples of feature
Verb
While each episode features its own mystery to solve, showrunner Rob Doherty confirmed to TV Insider that the mystery surrounding who killed Victor will drive the new season forward. — Emily Krauser, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026 Attendees will then eat snacks and drinks featuring the plants. — Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Noun
Zurita is currently in development with Netflix on new feature film along with a programming slate for Disney+ in Latin America. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026 Apple’s iOS is a clear example; its advantage shows up in daily use, coming less from having every feature than from restraint, cohesion and dependability across thousands of small interactions. — Lorenzo Alvaro, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for feature
Recent Examples of Synonyms for feature
  1. highlight
  2. imagine
  3. characteristic
  4. emphasize
  5. see
  6. attribute
  7. stress
  8. envision
Verb
  • This space is divided into several thematic areas to highlight the role that the university, its faculty, its students, and other folks affiliated with it have played in a range of topics.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Marcet also highlights midfielder Juan Hernandez, defender Landry Farre and forward Shane Kluivert (son of ex-Barcelona and Netherlands striker Patrick Kluivert), each of whom is still at the club.
    — Laia Cervelló Herrero, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of highlight
Verb
  • Rather than imagine the ways these characters might have evolved over nearly 30 years, the script by Akiva Goldsman, Georgia Pritchett, and Kelly Marcel regresses the women in order to retread many of the beats of the original film.
    — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Ground Zero, 25 years later The World Trade Center site, which took more than a decade to rebuild, has been transformed into something few could have imagined in the days after the attacks.
    — Thomas E. Franklin, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of imagine
Noun
  • This characteristic can provide significant resistance to scratching and wear in demanding environments.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
  • His mentality, weathered by his upbringing, is perhaps his most defining characteristic.
    — Andrew Destin, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of characteristic
Verb
  • At the separate meetings with Hun Sen and Hun Manet, Min Aung Hlaing emphasized that Myanmar was working to strengthen cooperation within ASEAN, MRTV said.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2026
  • Scholarly writing about slavery in the Americas—which has mostly centered on Black enslavement—has emphasized its economic value in building plantations, wealth, and American capitalism.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of emphasize
Verb
  • Emmys nights one and two saw Widow’s Bay pick up a whopping eight trophies, one short of The Studio’s total of nine last year, and this evening might end with Widow’s Bay grabbing a lot of the same awards The Studio did last year.
    — Vulture Staff, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The bookshelf becomes a collective record of the times, ways of seeing, forms that flourished during particular eras, and also questions that persist across centuries.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of see
Noun
  • Can a machine effortlessly extract your product’s key attributes, exact pricing, stock levels and shipping policies in less than a second?
    — Narendra Lakshmana Gowda, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Several young goalkeepers had been bought by Premier League clubs the previous summer, leaving Newcastle feeling there was a paucity of options, though Hornicek’s all-round attributes caught the attention of Ross Wilson, their sporting director.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of attribute
Verb
  • Zelensky has previously stressed said that an acute shortage of air defense interceptors has left Ukraine vulnerable to ballistic missile attacks.
    — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026
  • And getting started, Dunlap stresses, does not require becoming an expert or having a perfect financial plan.
    — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of stress
Verb
  • Sponsored by Hero Esports, the brainchild of Chinese billionaire Dino Ying, the event was the first of its kind outside China and a blueprint for a global sports league envisioned as Monster Trucks for the Terminator era.
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • All of a sudden, next Sunday’s road game against the Jets (1-0 after a victory at the Tennessee Titans and former New York coach Robert Saleh) feels far more pressure-packed for LaFleur than previously envisioned.
    — Michael Silver, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of envision

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