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feature

feature

189 3.7
The main long film shown in a cinema
  • noun
  • /ˈfiːtʃər/
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  • In 2002, a feature film adaptation of "The Mothman Prophecies" would see a successful theatrical launch in North America.
  • feature film
  • feature-length film
  • main feature

But that's life in feature film writing.

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Examples

  • The Blair Witch Project is the first found footage feature movie that ever came out.

  • Tonight's feature presentation is a thrilling drama that everyone has been talking about.

  • Have access to hundreds of feature length movies.

  • Is this a double feature?

  • Sunday Night Movie presents some of the most outstanding feature films in motion picture history.

  • It was the very first feature length science fiction film in the world.

  • Next up, she will star in the comedy feature Linoleum opposite Jim Gaffigan.

  • The film also played as the sole feature in Louisville, Kansas City, Missouri, Minneapolis, Denver, Baltimore, and Pittsburgh.

    Academic text (2017)
  • In the 2004 feature film I, Robot, the fictional company United States Robotics creates anthropomorphic robots to act as America's armed forces.

  • The film festival showcased a variety of feature films from around the world.

Synonyms

film
vsfeature
1.0

A story shown as moving images in a cinema or on screen

is the main full-length program attraction rather than any moving-image show
feature film
vsfeature
40 2.8

A full-length movie shown as the main attraction in a cinema

is the single-word term used instead of the longer phrase

Antonyms

2 6.5

A short film shown before the main movie in a cinema

Idioms

Saying a software problem is made on purpose, often as a joke

Compounds

45 2.7

A recent function added to a product or app to help users

40 2.8

A full-length movie shown as the main attraction in a cinema

Two events, such as two films or two games, held one after the other

A part of a product that helps prevent harm to people

feature article
  • Literature
3 3.8

A long newspaper or magazine article that explains one subject in detail

A clear quality that makes a person or thing different

A part of something that people like or notice

nifty feature
  • Informal
1 4.0

A clever, useful part of a product that makes it easier to use

aculeated feature
  • Specialized
9.9

A sharp point or sting on animals and plants used to protect them

A part of a place or object that looks beautiful

A part of a building's design like a window or column

feature of speech
  • Specialized
6.8

A part of how we speak that helps show the difference between words or sounds

A part that looks like a rabbit, for example long ears or a soft face

self-deletion feature
  • Specialized
7.2

A program option that automatically removes messages or files after a set time

whoop-ass feature
  • Offensive
9.9

A very strong and impressive part of a product

How Long

feature
189 3.7
short subject
  • US
2 6.5

Surface Forms

feature singular
features plural

Etymology

Feature The movie sense comes from the same Latin facere 'to make', which gave the idea of a main or 'made' thing. That's why the 'feature' in a cinema is the full-length film — the main thing shown.