nifty feature
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- noun
- Informal
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característica ingeniosa
- This gadget has a nifty feature that automatically adjusts the temperature based on your preferences.
- lots of nifty features
- few nifty features
Examples
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While they use it on a daily basis, many don't know how to make the most out of this nifty feature.
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No matter what nifty features they have, if the phone won't talk, then it's useless to me.
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It's a nifty feature, but it's opt-out versus opt-in.
Blog text (1) -
The new app includes a nifty feature that allows you to track your fitness goals easily.
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One nifty feature of the new camera is its unique night mode, which greatly improves low-light photography.
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Morphology
The compound is a straightforward adjective + noun where 'nifty' means clever/practical and 'feature' means a distinguishing characteristic, so the combined meaning ('a clever or useful characteristic') is directly derivable from the parts. This compositional pattern is common and predictable, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand the phrase.
Etymology
The phrase nifty feature pairs nifty, a word for a small clever thing, with feature, meaning a part of a product. Imagine a tiny tool in a pocketknife that suddenly solves a small problem, and this image shows why a nifty feature means a 'clever' and 'useful' part.