Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Given special prominence, attention, or publicity.
  • adjective Having a specified kind of facial features. Often used in combination.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having a certain make or shape; formed; fashioned.
  • Having features; exhibiting human features; having a certain cast of features.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Shaped; fashioned.
  • adjective Having features; formed into features.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective displayed with special treatment
  • adjective in combination Having features of a particular kind.
  • verb Past participle of feature

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective having facial features as specified; usually used in combination
  • adjective made a feature or highlight; given prominence

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Combination of feature and the past suffix: -ed

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word featured.

Examples

  • #featured and added a right padding of 250px to make space for the absolutely positioned navigation tabs for our featured content slider.

    The Daily Whim 2009

  • It seems like an odd mix, but there is a minor connection between this comic and Fantagraphics, as Milton Knight, creator of Hugo another title featured in the ad is plugged as a future cover artist for Punchy on Charlton's hype page.

    Archive 2006-01-22 2006

  • It seems like an odd mix, but there is a minor connection between this comic and Fantagraphics, as Milton Knight, creator of Hugo another title featured in the ad is plugged as a future cover artist for Punchy on Charlton's hype page.

    Archive 2006-01-22 2006

  • He never used any accompaniment except his own guitar when he sang, his third record sold two hundred thousand copies, and Hunnicut had his name featured on the placards that were nailed to the fronts of the dance halls and roadhouses where they played.

    Half of Paradise James Lee Burke 1965

  • "We are using the term 'featured' because we want to make it clear to people that they're seeing content from a Page or person they have chosen to connect to."

    Gizmodo Jamie Condliffe 2012

  • The label featured a cartoon snake wearing sunglasses and a member of the public complained that it held "underage appeal".

    Rss news feed for Morning Advertiser 2009

  • We said the title featured "stunning 3D graphics" as well as challenging and fun gameplay to match.

    AskMen.com - HOME PAGE 2009

  • But a lot of that has to do with: 1. Hot vampire dudes making out on the cover 2. This other title featured a mermaid.

    Manga Before Flowers — NYCC08: Really? That was it? | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008

  • Several people familiar with Facebook's planning say that it has already discussed proposals with advertising agencies for displaying what it calls "featured stories" in the news feed seen by users on the site with a launch likely in early March ahead of its initial public offering, which is expected in May.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Tim Bradshaw 2012

  • This title featured Spencer Chamberlain from Underoath,

    VeryCD - 电驴资源订阅 makiyo19830505 2010

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.