word-vault/dist/data/cards/fe/feature.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "feature",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "something important, interesting or typical of a place or thing",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "An interesting feature of the city is the old market."
                },
                {
                    "text": "geographical features"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Teamwork is a **key feature** of the training programme."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've added some **new features** to my website."
                },
                {
                    "text": "new **safety/security features**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are a number of **special features** included on the disc."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The main bonus feature is a lengthy interview with the director."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The most distinctive feature of this track is the trumpet sound."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The one **redeeming feature** *(= good thing about it)* of the plan was its low cost."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Which features do you look for when choosing a car?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The software has no particular distinguishing features."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A feature that characterizes all anteaters is an extremely slow metabolic rate."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A touch-screen feature allows visitors to call up relevant information."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He took me around our new offices, pointing out all the salient features."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Self-deprecation is a recurring feature as Stevenson talks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Special features include passenger airbags and an electric sunroof."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The house retains most of its original features."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The network offers interactive features."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The site had a number of interesting features."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their life histories shared many common features."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These walks became a regular feature of his day."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We're adding new features and functionality every month."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a car with new built-in safety features"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a distinctive feature of his poems"
                },
                {
                    "text": "some of the more advanced features of the software"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the common feature in all these cases"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["basic", "central", "critical"],
                "verb + feature": ["brim with", "have", "include"],
                "feature + verb": [
                    "distinguish something",
                    "characterize something",
                    "include something"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a part of somebody’s face such as their nose, mouth and eyes",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**facial features**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "his strong handsome features"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her eyes are her most striking feature."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had sharp features, with high cheekbones."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has the right physical features for the role."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I admired his rugged features."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a slim figure with delicate features"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a woman with small, neat features"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a young woman with fine features"
                },
                {
                    "text": "her striking, dark-eyed features"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["attractive", "beautiful", "handsome"],
                "verb + features": ["have", "contort", "soften"],
                "preposition": ["with feature"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a special article or programme about somebody/something",
            "sensetop": "feature (on somebody/something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "In today's programme we have a **special feature** on education."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are in-depth **feature articles** in every issue."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is a **feature writer** for the ‘Evening Standard’."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an in-depth feature on the Italian fashion scene"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The magazine runs a regular feature on vegan cooking."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Next month they will publish a special feature on men's health."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["TV, radio and news"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "major", "special"],
                "verb + feature": ["do", "have", "publish"],
                "feature + noun": ["writer", "features editor", "features section"],
                "preposition": ["feature on"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the main film in a cinema programme",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Film and theatre"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfiːtʃə(r)/",
                "audio": "fe/feature/feature__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfiːtʃər/",
                "audio": "fe/feature/feature__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (originally denoting the form or proportions of the body, or a physical feature): from Old French faiture ‘form’, from Latin factura ‘formation, manufacture’, from facere ‘do, make’."
}