FEATURE OF SPEECH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does feature of speech mean? 

• FEATURE OF SPEECH (noun)
  The noun FEATURE OF SPEECH has 1 sense:

1. (linguistics) a distinctive characteristic of a linguistic unit that serves to distinguish it from other units of the same kind

  Familiarity information: FEATURE OF SPEECH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FEATURE OF SPEECH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(linguistics) a distinctive characteristic of a linguistic unit that serves to distinguish it from other units of the same kind

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

feature; feature of speech

Hypernyms ("feature of speech" is a kind of...):

attribute; dimension; property (a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished)

Domain category:

linguistics (the scientific study of language)