noun · academic
feature
UK/ˈfiːtʃə(r)/US/ˈfitʃər/FEA·ture
Band 7+speakingtask2
a distinctive attribute or aspect of something
Examples
“One important feature of the app is offline access.”
“The new model has several safety features that the old one lacked.”
“Local dialects are a notable linguistic feature of the region.”
Band 8 sentence
“A defining feature of urban redevelopment projects is their attempt to balance historical preservation with modern needs.”
Collocations
- key/main feature
- distinctive feature
- feature in
Word family
featureless adjective
Common mistakes
many important feature→many important features
the feature of→a feature of / the features of
Say it for a higher band
5trait→6characteristic→7+feature
Synonyms
characteristic
Easily confused
characteristic
“A key feature of the smartphone is its camera, but a characteristic of the brand is innovation.”
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