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feat¹ Definition

feat (fēt)

noun

an act or accomplishment showing unusual daring, skill, endurance, etc.; remarkable deed; exploit

Etymology: ME fet < Anglo-Fr < OFr fait < L factum, a deed < neut. pp. of facere: see do

feat² Definition

feat (fēt)

adjective

  1. fitting
  2. neat or neatly dressed
  3. skillful

Etymology: ME fet < OFr fait, pp. of faire, to do < L facere: see do

feat Synonyms

feat

n.

act, effort, deed, exploit; see achievement 2, action 2.

feat Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • endurance: Stamina: To fish all night is a bit of a feat of endurance.
  • bravery: They performed countless feats of bravery at Ypres, most of which went unrecorded in the confusion.
  • engineering: The bridge itself is an amazing feat of engineering.
  • imagination: A remarkable feat of imagination keeps me breathing I look for you.

Converse of object

  • accomplish: Dee is now the first woman in history to accomplish this feat.
  • repeat: However, in trying to repeat this feat of strength Young was caught out on the rivers edge.
  • emulate: This week, David Cameron's Conservatives did their best to emulate that feat.
  • astound: This book enables the complete beginner to master and perform exactly the same astounding feats as Derren Brown himself.
  • perform: Dogs can perform remarkable feats to reach a female in heat.
  • achieve: The city achieves the feat of being cozy rather than crowded.

Adjective modifier

  • remarkable: Dogs can perform remarkable feats to reach a female in heat.
  • incredible: John has traveled the world amazing people with his incredible feats of head balancing, in the process setting numerous Guinness World Records.
  • prodigious: With each passing day human intelligence enlarges the horizons of the possible and achieves prodigious feats.
  • ascetic: It was not a place for seclusion, but the desire to undertake an ascetic feat arose and she accepted it.
  • amazing: Clement also achieved front page local press coverage which reported on his amazing feat.
  • astonishing: That the new Arsenal stadium exists at all is an astonishing feat.

Modifies a noun

  • ures: By using Tcl, applications need not reimplement these feat ures.

Noun used with modifier

  • death-defying: So is it another death-defying feat for the passion story, or an anti-Semitic betrayal?
  • goalscoring: Most spectacular goalscoring feat of the weekend goes to Notts Forest's Nicky Southall.
  • engineering: What will next year bring in terms of engineering feats?
feat Quotes

Apparently, the most difficult feat for a Cambridge male istoaccept a womannot merelyas feeling, not merelyas thinking, but as managing a complex, vital interweaving of both.

—Plath, Sylvia

Thou shalt not steal; an empty feat, When it's so lucrative to cheat.

—Clough, Arthur Hugh