FEATURE OF SPEECH

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

feature; feature of speech

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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)