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feature

/ˈfi.t͡ʃɚ/ verb B2
  1. To ascribe the greatest importance to something within a certain context. (transitive)
  2. To star, to contain. (transitive)
  3. To appear, to make an appearance. (intransitive)
  4. To have features resembling. (dated, transitive)
  5. To think about, understand, or imagine. (US)

He/she/it features · Past featured · Past participle featured · -ing form featuring

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Verb forms

Base form
feature
He/she/it
features
Past
featured
Past participle
featured
-ing form
featuring

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The countenance of the person who had addressed her remained so completely in the shade, that, though Franz tried his utmost, he could not distinguish a single feature.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 372 · C1
And then, of course, there is the bell—which is the most distinctive feature of the case.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 77 · B2
His complexion became pale with anger, and the disturbance of his mind was visible in every feature.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 221 · B2
It represented an alert, sharp-featured simian man, with thick eyebrows and a very peculiar projection of the lower part of the face, like the muzzle of a baboon.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 76 · C1

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